big electrical issue
 

Okay so i was driving out at the lakes and was going over a badly washed out road and i lost my radio, mirrors, interior lights, underhood light and i'm sure some other electrically controlled functions......i've gone through fuses, all are good with power flowing through and with as much as i'm dead set thinking it's a ground.

problem....haynes does not give hardly enough info on these systems to track down what's going on and where it is.....i started looking at all the grounds i could notice and they look good.

i found the ground on top of the drivers side fender, between the bed and cab, on the block and that's all i can really see on quick glance at this point.

my drivers side battery cable is just a little loose and won't tighten up any more.

I imagine there is a common ground for all of these fuctions and i can't figure out using my haynes book let alone where the grounds are located on the truck.

does anyone have any clues?

thanks in advanced.

I too am thinking ground issues but cant really help ya other than look yer azz off and clean the crap outa things

I might just have to buy alldata to be able to find everything

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I want to try and avoid it though.

Maybe some relay that interconnects all electrically controlled functions, can't think of one off the top of my head but I'm sure there's one somewhere. Good luck :c:

well if there was a relay for that wouldn't i loose all accessory functions? i still have power to my cell phone charger on the power outlet, cig lighter, the engine runs, headlights, taillights, and signals work.

not being rude just asking, my frustration about it kinda is making it hard to think

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okay so update, none of the interior lighting works, including the glove box and my cargo lights do not come on either. cluster lights and other bulbs off the dimmer besides the cargo and dome light work

I know you said you checked the fuses, but did you check the I.O.D. fuse (#12) in the dash? It will control all the items you mentioned.

That fuse was still good. A buddy said today he had this problem and he just wanted his radio working and found that there was no juice and spiced in with a lead from the battery. He said after he did that everything magically worked. So I tried this with a power probe and sent power to the constant and got everything working. Now I have this temp fixed the way mentioned above but would like to actually fix it right. I haven't looked at any diagrams yet but I didn't know if maybe this would be a hint

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This was on the constant lead to the deck sorry forgot that part