Got wiring diagrams? You lost power somewhere...... likely under the hood. (yeah, that's gonna be fun.) I suspect there is more than one main feed to the ignition switch, and one of them is not getting power.

 

I cant seem to find any diagram for this. online or at a store. its a 1993 dodge ram B350 van.

 

Check here. There is some hoop jumping involved to get access, but, it's free.

Two wires provide power to the ignition switch, a red one, and pink w/black trace. Both are protected by fusible links. Verify you have power at both. (my guess would be: "No".....)

 

that website is not secure. vunurable to hacks, so i made a fake email. still didn't work. bad website i think.

 

I have used that website in the past and it works well. No account is necessary, just pick through the drop-down menus and go. The files it sends you are PDFs even if they don't say so...force Adobe to open them or rename them to something.pdf in order to open them.

Go through your grounds and also look at the big +ve connectors. One is likely adjacent to your battery and another is buried in the loom against your firewall. If you have aftermarket battery terminals that is also a likely culprit. Do not replace any more parts until you determine where the break in the power supply/return is.

 

Found the problem and fixed it! i actually slept like a king last night haha.
So! it was the red wire on the ignition (found on the bottom part of steering wheel)
it leads from ignition through a felt wrapped casing, inside of a taped up cluster going from the bottom of the steering wheel towards the upper left part of the brake pedal.
which is plugged into a cluster plug about the size of the palm of your hand, that leads you through the firewall. which leads to more taped up clusters.
so the power wire to ignition actually sits in the cluster that is placed further behind the brake booster. ( there are 2 clusters placed snug on top of brake booster)
although all fusible links were exposed, i couldn't see the wires true color due to some fading and dirt. so once inside of the cluster i found the ignition power, which led to a fusible link, and on the opposite end of the link there were both an orange wire and white wire. surprisingly the Break wasn't at the tip, but it was actually 4 inches away going into the next link! not even sure how i'm going to put a shrink tube around it. but yea. that's how i solved my issue. i seen a lot of these issues going on, on the website here. so i wrote a more detailed explanation of my Problem plus solving, hopefully to save someone else from a disastrous headache.

 

 

Does anyone know where I can find a wiring diagram for a 1984 Ram Van B350? The site above only goes back to 1986. Thanks.