OK, I learned a lot from a half hour tutorial I received on a phone call tonight (Wed) with a friend. I learned how little I know about electricity. I did NOT check continuity, only which terminals were getting power using my test light, which by the way, I used backwards. I learned what a solenoid / relay looks like inside and exactly how it works, (how power to the coil draws down the heavy copper bar to connect the two large terminals) and I learned how to use just my test light to get some additional info. I am going to use the very useful information you guys gave me, coupled with what I learned tonight, and test all pathways and terminal correctly tomorrow, and hopefully I will get it all sorted out. I will get a continuity tester (multimenter) as well. Thanks again guys, very much appreciated all your help especially the diagrams from JMOR I will keep you posted on exactly how I resolved the problem. Best to all, Larry.