[1978steven]

Well, thanks for the help everyone. I got her all figured out and fixed up.

It ended up being the yellow wire on the solenoid that was broken and not attached. I guess what happened was at one time the harness with the yellow and purple wires that go down to the starter solenoid must have been melted against the exhaust and caused the yellow wire to break off down there. The truck ran fine without the yellow wire attached so knowbody ever needed to do anything about it until I found it. I just cut back the yellow wire and spliced a new piece of wire on there with a new connection for the solenoid. Used some electrical tape and retaped the the harness where I pulled the old tape off and routed it back down to the solenoid. I secured it to the little tiebacks that bolt to the bellhousing and the engine block and made sure it wasn't going to get into the headers. Hooked the battery back up and she fired right off just like always.

Mystery solved......

I'm not sure if I really needed to even mess with it since I will be going to and HEI soon, but whatever. I feel better that the wire is not just hanging out there and is hooked back and doing what it was intended to do.

Once again thanks for the help everyone,
Steven