This is the same general path of your other post Bill and I are in with you, titled "Wiring My 59". There are only a few wires to start your truck. Battery hot directly to your Ign Sw, wire from "IGN" to coil pos, wire from "start" to starter, coil neg to points. Batt pos to starter, bat neg to eng, body and frame. Sounds like it won't turn over. The starter is a motor with a solenoid on it. Batt power to it, temporary power to solenoid (start terminal on ign sw) ground it, it turns. Is the battery dead? Is the solenoid clicking? is the IGN sw operating? All that other stuff will not stop it from turning over. See the diagram Bill provided in your other post as we suggested and review your diagram in the kit.(You can also see the ground strap at starter in that diagram) "The ground on my 1980.. just runs.." Which ground? from battery? Anyway that does not matter about the 1980. Go to directly to eng block from batt GND. EVERY GROUND HAS TO BE UNPAINTED, CLEAN, SHINNY METAL WITH A CLEAN, SHINNY STAR WASHER AND A CLEAN, SHINNY BOLT WITH BIG NEW WIRE OR BRAID WITH SHINNY TERMNATIONS BUILT INTO THEM. With no "turn over" at all, it's a basic power problem or basic ground problem or both. Wire wheel every place for ground. Next time get a top post battery as said. Much better contact area. We always think you are using a HEI coil as we did in your other post, but you can see over there we see you are not, just a kit with a HEI wire, as you call it, and you are using a points distributor. I'm sure after re checking evrything you will find out what's wrong. Could be that batt cable you mention. Gotta have ALL new with a new harness, no old/used in a box wiring!!!! This ain't no Harley
