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[Waystro]

Maybe cruise control related? Do you have cruise on that truck? It looks familiar but I can't place it exactly.

Yes it has cruise.

 

[Waystro]

Sure enough the positive cable from the battery to starter(where it meets the starter solenoid is corroded bad so not getting a connection there I'll clean it up tomorrow and see if she cranks.
After I dig 4 inches of rat crap and the nest from the topside of engine.
On another note I'm loving the Electric pump I turn the key walk around to the front and found about 20 leaks so I need to fix those.

 

[Waystro]

Make sure it's in park.

Passenger fender is the starter relay just aft of the battery. Remove the small wire (push on black 90* connector, easy to do), and jumper that terminal to +12 - should turn over. If that works either the park/neutral switch or the key switch is bad/out of adjustment. If it still doesn't check to see if there's +12 on the output of the relay with it jumpered. If so you need a starter. If not a new relay. Simple system.

Ok I jumped from the starter relay to the battery it cranks over but will not crank by key I should also note that the key is hard to turn past the accessory notch. How hard is it to replace the key switch? I have a switch from my 86 I could throw in or should I just get one from oreilys?
She sounds nice and healthy one battery was turning it over fast.

 

[jaluhn83]

Not hard, but it's a bit of a pain - switch is on the top of the steering column under the dash. @ nuts hold it to the steering column. If it's hard to turn though that may mean the linkage is sticky and it's not the switch. I'd get a new switch, is cheap, and then try turning the key with the old one off - it should turn freely.