[Bigblock50]

First test - neutral safety switch jumper. Hooked up a 12 gauge jumper exactly as shown above. First turn of the key to “Start” yielded a faint, and I mean faint, click from under the hood. Successive tries yielded nothing.

HEI power test next.

I guess suspicion focuses on the solenoid itself. When the fusible link blew, possibly the solenoid shorted out at the same time? I’d have to drop the starter to even see the solenoid let alone test/replace it.