HA! well this is horse dung. I don't get it at all. I have a test lamp. I have power at the starter, i have power to solenoid when I turn the key. I have the starter out, but I have a wire grounding it to the battery (just to test obviously). The NSS lead on the Relay is grounded to the battery as well. When i turn the key, I get a tiny click and my lights slightly slighty dim. BUT nothing at the starter.

I am placing the probe on the stater terminals not the wires and I am getting a bright light. I can hook the starter up to jumper cables and it works.

This is just weird. Also, now I have some tricky business going on with my blinkers (one stays on) and my rear lights (all of them) stay on as soon as the battery is connected.

I am pullin my hair out at this giant cluster F***.