i've pulled it out and i'm going to have it tested today. i did some more troubleshooting on it. the green and red wire going to the top of the alternator, apparently it's suppose to have 1 to 3 volts with KOEO and 8 to 9 volts with KOER. This wire from what i understand is what tells the alternator to charge? correct me if i'm wrong.

I have 2.01 volts with KOEO and 2.01 volts with KOER. i checked it several times over the course of 3 or 4 minutes just in case it was waiting on the glow plug relay or whatever. it never changed voltage. i also checked the 3 fuses related to the instrument cluster and all 3 of those fuses were good. what does this mean exactly? does it mean that the alternator isn't being told to charge or that something is wrong with the alternator itself?