No Start, ignition and ammeter problems

Thanks for pulling it up. I read my earlier posts and thought "WTF did that guy (me) say". I totally missed in post 1 that the OP said the tow truck guy jumpered to the alternator's output stud. I ASSumed he meant the guy jumped to the BAT+ cable connector. 67Dart273 was correct about that jump "back-feeding" the cabin via the ALT wire. Since the BAT wire (from battery+) goes first to the dash ammeter, if the ammeter (or its terminals) is open, the cabin gets no power, at least until the engine is running so that ALT outputs. The ammeter connectors and the bulkhead terminals are a common problem in our cars.