Ok. Went through connectors again. I learned that if I left the front molex plug off the mech the machine would fire up and could would work as well as go into diagnostic. I then narrowed down that plug is the connections for the micro switches on the side of the mech that deal with the kicker. That micro switch was dirty and in the resting position was in the 'clicked'position.
I removed that micro switch, cleaned it with electrical cleaner, adjusted it, and now the machine fires up with the molex Jack in place. So lesson learned. Even with no errors displayed if a switch is out of adjustment will cause the machine to not go into test or basically respond even though 50 000 is bring displayed.
Now, the optics are not lighting! Either in game mode or in test 8. Grrrrrrrr