[techguy]

Thanks Sherwood,

I was unable to find any other wires from the solenoid to the motor. So connection C is power from Batt to starter and continues to alt. B is the source wire to the motor and the motor gets its ground at the transmission. "A" then connects to the ignition.

It sure looks like a short at the the wire off B (it was all white) where it was touching the body of the motor with the yellow wires all touching the same point in a melted blob.

I think I may cut the last 1" off the yellow wires, solder on a new connector and have the alt rebuilt or buy a new one from PP.