Originally Posted by deeznutsmaketea

so the cause was fuse box and after-market alarm related, whoever installed the crap *** alarm spliced into the fuse box headlight main power wire and then wrapped it with e tape instead of butt connectors or using a soldering iron to do it the correct way..the alarm grounded out on the steering shaft frame/brace thing and shorted the switch and i replaced it and it smoked the new switch at the connector....so next big task is removing the alarm all together ...now that i got my lights back i'm happy just need to fix the hazard now....def could use a diagram for those. the truck is a 1995 sport 2x4 with the 5.9 360 no daylight running lights