I grounded coil positive to block?

NHscamp said

Well I finally had time to get back at it. I went through the steps in your earlier post and found I do have power with the switch on out the yellow wire on the relay. Went back as I have already removed and bypass the fusible link pull the bulkhead connector apart little corroded but seem to be get in good shape. Cleaned it up and put it back together.I do have power on the other side of it as well as out the fuses.I guess my next step is to pull the dashboard and check the meter gauge?

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OK where do you and don't you have power? Do the headlights work? Do you have power at the alternator big black wire with the light switch on? (This is to put load on the circuit)

Here's the thing to keep in mind............when you are dealing with poor connections especially in large wiring, a connection is not always "always bad" or "always good". Your meter or test light does not draw much current. There can be enough power in a circuit to show on the meter, say, at the fuse panel. But when you pull the light switch, maybe it goes out. This of course shows the load now "kills" the power through the bad connection.

This could easily still be in the bulkhead. You basically have THREE connections at any one bulkead terminal.........1, the connection between the engine bay side wire and the terminal, 2, the connection between the two terminals themselves, and 3, the connection between the interior side wire and the terminal.