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emmando22, Thx for the nudge. Here are the pix.

It's funny. THIS IS EXACTLY like owning my Harley. At first I was real nervous about doing ANYTHING to my brand new bike for fear of 'screwing up' something. But I have been working on my vehicles for thirty plus years. So one day I pulled out my tool boxes and then jumped onto a problem the...

emmando22, This bolt is attached to the frame of the truck. If you pull your battery tray out and look at the negative cable and where it goes up under the cab, it goes from there to the frame (attached by this bolt) and then another cable goes up under the passenger seat to the Nato slave...

One new bolt, washer, lock washer and nut later she fired right up. Purred like the kitten she is. I started today being scared silly by loads of sparks from an unknown problem. I finished today having my ego boosted by reconfirming that this is absolutely THE BEST VEHICLE I've ever owned. I...

ALL of you were dead bang on the money. The culprit was the bolt that attaches the negative cable to the frame. Boy did I fry that puppy!! I'll post the results after I replace it with a better one. thx to everyone. SCARED MYSELF SILLY! jim

OK, upon closer inspection, one of the neg connectors was loose just a little. I tightened that up and now have power back. BUT as soon as I touch the start button, MEGA SPARKS under the cab. What have I DONE?? thx in advance. jim

Bjorn, I thought of that and inspected the batteries. They LOOK ok, but I'm going to go out and check them with a voltmeter. Having said that, is there ANYTHING under the 'trans tunnel' that IS electrical?? thx. jim

Went out to start the deuce. Flipped the accessory switch and hit the start button. I saw sparks arcing underneath the space next to the drivers seat. Opened the panel up on the drivers side floor and hit the button again. HUGE sparks and then nothing. I crawled up under the truck but...