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The stator can be bad with no outward indication. The charge winding
is not the same as the ignition windings so the engine could be
running fine, just not charging the battery. As I said up thread,
hooking up the battery backward will blow the rectifier or the stator
or both.

What ignition winding there Mr Wizzard?

Note the motor is a 1965 (R.I.F.) , it only HAS a charge winding and it's so
heavy a guage, that it's very, very likely to be fine. Hooking up backwards
would only blow the rectifier - on that outboard.

When's the last time you worked on a 1965 Merc???

-W