neighbor has a 97 2500 good battery smoked cab ground on left side melted a vac line has good battery but start relay just busses anyone have a trouble shooting guide

 

did you fix that ground?

 

yes no change relay just busses like its bad switxh it with another no change

 

Swap the starter relay with another one, give it a shot.

 

already did no changed think i found the problem solinoid wire and pos cable at starter were arcing plastic is melted does anyone know of any fusable links i wish he had a shop manual or something to refer to he took it to a gas station they havent touched it in 2 days no they are not busy

 

There may be a fuse in the PDC. (power distribution center, up on the drivers side fender well, right behind the battery.)

There is a 2001 factory service manual available for download in the faq section here. wiring diagram for starter should be accurate for you.

 

yea i was hoping for a schematic to the relay i believe the wire was backfeeding the ignition no fuses blown pds box i didnt see any fusable links darn kids at work everytime i have a chance to look at it i havent been able to check voltage during start cycle other then battery, got a friend says he may be able to access alldata for the info