So I have a new starter and starter solenoid switch ( the ford kind).

Intermitently it will feed battery current through to the alternator without the key on. ???wtf ?   running on 8 total hours trying to figure this ignition crap out.

It also was running fine and acted fine just prior to this but then it just died while idling so it shut down.....I lost power to the accesories (main power light went out, fuel pump cut off)

Now when I bench check it all is good. The right side main pole has the battery which also feeds the acc. switch on the key. The Left main pole gets the starter. The mini "S" pole gets the 12v from the key in run.

 

Sounds to me like you have a bad solenoid.  They can meter out right but not carry
current.  An ohm meter won't allways tell the whole story.  The fact that it
completes a circuit when it shouldn't is another reason I believe that it's bad.

I'm an industrial electrician and I say the above based on a guess from what you described.
Without seeing a print of your circuit that's the best I can do.

Good luck   

When you shake the solenoid it hits current to the starter. Also shaking it you can hear a very slight rattle. Maybe I got a defective one ?

Also not addressed to the noid, I still lost power during the run. ..

Did it work though