ya it actually does go to the starter. that wire that i put to the battery, originally came off the starter. i have the original fusible link somewhere. im gonna try and get one tomorrow and rerun it to the starter. but i cant see how that would be it because it ran fine until yesterday. i dont even know if what happened before is even related to whats going on now. i was messing with it today before it started to rain. and yet again the interior lights radio hatch would work. then as soon as i try to turn it on, everything goes off. the fuse block s definatly getting 12+ volts because it goes into a 20 amp fuse. it says 12+. but its everywhere else that either doesnt have any power or reads low like 9-10 volts. even where it says bat and ign on the fuse block. im sure its probably just a bad ground but i dont even know where to look. i have that chilton book but its as useful as herpes. ive been trying to find a site that has a diagram that shows where the power gets distributed from the main feed from the battery to the fuse block (the fuse thats showing 12+ volts) to the other fuses. but i cant find anything, or anything on where the grounds are. now one thing i should mention, i jumped the starter and you can hear it click but didnt do anything. shouldnt it have tried to actually turn the flywheel? i cant see how a bad starter would cause such low readings on the rest of the fuse block especially when the power going to the fuse box is 12+. Could it be the starter though? argh man.
btw the fusible link didnt actually blow, the wire broke off the starter because of corrosion. as i was messing with the wire the link broke.