jason0364 wrote:The negative from the battery went down to the vertical stud. The wire from the starter relay went down to just a bolt that mounted the starter
Ok like I said, positive to the starter terminal and negative to a mounting bolt. So… now, either the polarity is crossed or you are misreading the battery terminals. Disconnect the battery completely and measure across it, positive from the VOM to battery positive and battery negative to VOM negative should give you a +13 volts (don’t look at the color of the wires). If you get a -13 volts then you either have the test leads of your VOM backwards or you are miss reading the battery terminals.
It is critical that we find out what is going on here.
If the wiring is what you say, (positive from the starter relay to ground and battery ground to the starter terminal) then don’t move them yet!!!-----
leave the battery disconnected!!!!
We will need to go thru your wiring completely one at a time.
I don’t work this weekend so I will check this thread enough to get you thru this.