You are bypassing the relays inside contacts when you screwdriver the two lugs on the relay.
Some 4 speed cars has a switch on the clutch pedal that goes the the neutral switch of a starter relay too.
Tri-Cities is 150 miles too far for me to drop over to help, sorry.
If you had that test light I posted above I can tell you how to test each section, one at a time. Just throwing a starter relay on may fix it but there are other things to test too.
Last edited by Dave_J; 06/03/20 11:34 PM.
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