Charging Issue need a little help here.

Ok here is the deal i replaced the battery, alt, and voltage reg. then the wires going to the regulator fell over and melted on the headers (well only two melted) so i cut the melted section out and respliced in new wire. now my Gen light stays on and it will not charge the battery. i went through the wiring again last night and nothing was shorted out and covered up well. i can drive it to a friends house and back but then i try to start it to go somewhere else and it will not start so i put the charger on it and the it states that is is at 76% charged. if i take the ground off of the voltage reg the light goes out but i don't think it is charging still. any ideas?

also does anyone know where i can find a repair manual or an online manual for free? I'M a poor man LOL!

thanks but i had the new alt tested before i left and it is good. it is a new reg also plus a new battery. i will keep checking out the wiring it has to be a ground some where.

ok i got it figured out it was the new voltage reg that I put in was not the right one. it had the ground connecting to one of the hot wires so i put the old one back in and it was running like a champ. I started it up drove it around the hood for a little bit and turned it off. waited 30 minutes then drove it to pick my son up from work and when i got back i forgot to turn the electric fuel pump off and it ran until it burnt up because the pump will not start up. which i guess is ok i wanted to put the regular fuel pump back on it. it turns over and everything just doesn't pump fuel in. so that looks like what i will be doing after work today.