wiring help needed

I'm still not getting any spark I read through the manuels with little help. I've replaced the solenoid and the coil(the positive post was cracked and would not tighten).
My question: The main power wire coming from the dash buss bar should it be hooked to the same terminal that the positive battery cable is on? or to the small terminal? Also there is a purple wire in the harness does it get connected to the solenoid or does it get hooked to the (+) side of the coil where the purple wire from the distributor goes?
I checkd the (+) wire coming to the buss bar and it doesn't have power thats why I figured maybe it hooks directly to the same terminal as the battery cable. Any and all advice is appreciated! Thanks Mark

I've done that. The main wire coming from the buss bar to the solenid is hooked to small terminal. I don't know if it's right or not. There's no other wire going to the buss bar to feed it power thats what's confusing. if I take the wire from the buss bar and hook it to the (+) terminal then I can't turn the engine over. I'm not good with all this electrical stuff, I'm affraid of burning something up, should've drawn a diaghram live and learn. FYI the wire coming from the buss bar that is hooked to the solenoid has a small terminal end on it that was on it when I took it apart. Thats my reasoning for not putting it on the (+) terminal in the first place.

After some head scratching and some deliberation I finally got it figured out!!!!! Will try starting it later today or in the morning after I put some gas in it

Maj, can you take a pic? im trying to understand what you are trying to accomplish, typically the purple goes to the plus side of the coil from the ballast resister, the black wire from the distributor goes to the negative....with key on you should be getting voltage at the plus on the coil