Well I finally found my short to ground on the #4 guage circuit. The wires coming down the backside of the engine going to the O2 sensor were laying against the exhaust downpipe and one had the coating melted,exposing the strands. This cured my charging problem also. It's getiing 14.1 volts at the battery when idling now.
I also found a large red or pink wire coming out the engine harness behind the AC compressor and running down by the harmonic balancer going to the starter solonoid, I think, that has a 1/2 wide chunk of coating missing and strands sticking out. It eventually changes to a twisted dual black wire with heat sink in it. It wasn't touching any metal but will repair that wire also.
Now I just have to retape the dashboard harness and put the dash back in.
Thanks everyone for the help. Hopes these repairs work!!