Atlee

You couldn’t have been more helpful! Pulled the ignition switch and look what I found! Does this mean I had a short in my ignition switch, therefore replace both it and the plug or should I try just the plug first?

Thank you cruiser54. Just went to start the truck up, turn the key… nothing not even a click. Try 3 more times then suddenly boom fires right up like nothing happened. Will definitely be taking a look at the ignition switch now.

update: today I went around and cleaned up all the grounds I could find in the engine bay. I also cleaned up all the relays. This only fixed the clock but it still won’t work with the headlights on. I haven’t cleaned the fuse panel clips yet but I don’t think that’s my issue. I used my multimeter and it turns out I am not getting any power to my fuses for the blower, wipers, turn signals, or dash lights. So this makes me wonder if all these get power from a single wire? If so anyone know what wire it might be?

I picked up a 1987 Comanche 4.0 5 speed last week. The following is a list of the stuff that didn’t work. blower motor, radio, clock and turn signals. I checked and cleaned all the fuses under the dash. There were multiple blown fuses so I replaced them. After replacing the bad fuses everything worked I had blinkers, clock, radio and the blower. Last night I noticed my dash lights where out when I turned my headlights on. then as I was driving my windshield wipers cut out. When I went to drive to school this morning I noticed I also now have no turn signals or radio. I just checked all the fuses under the dash again and non of them are blow. The blower motor and hazards are the only things working. Notes: Sometimes radio flashes on for just a second when I turn the truck off. Clock only worked if I didn’t have the headlights on. when I first “fixed” the blinkers it would take a solid 2 seconds after hitting the switch for the dash indicators to work and they would speed up faster and faster the longer I had the blinker on. Also there was a time when the blinker was blinking but very erratic and dim (on dash).