Bad News...blown clutch safety switch
 

I got some really bad news. I fried the solenoid on a new starter and I think I sent a surge the wrong way. Now I can't get my car started using the clutch anymore and if I bypass the clutch safety switch then the battery won't stay charged because the alternator isn't getting 12V. I hooked up the starter relay wrong a week ago and poof. Not good but it could of been worse. Anyway, I bypassed the clutchsafety switch by wiring up the ignition switch (white/pink one that is HOT on key START position) to the relay just so I could hear my engine run for the first time and to set the timing but now I obviously want the original problem resolved. I followed continuity from the white/pink wire but am losing it somewhere becuase it's dead at the clutch safety switch but live in other places (such as the grey box under the dash). I have some of the dash apart but I'm losing the wire around the steering shaft. Anyone ever have a problem like this before?

Jay-
How did you determine that the jumper wire is causing the fault in the charging system? I am unaware of anything else in that circuit that would do that, but if it makes you feel better, check for continuity between the white/pink wire AT THE CLUTCH SWITCH, and the stock wire at the relay. If you have continuity, just run your jumper wire from the ign sw START to the white/pink wire at the clutch switch. It is the first item after the ignition switch in that circuit.

Take care,
-Chris