Help with a 1997 K1500 Cheyenne - no crank unless relay is used...

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I have a 1997 K1500 Cheyenne. It was originally a 305/5spd. My father used the truck and he has severe Parkinson's(wear a respirator and proper attire when spraying pesticides and herbicides- if you don't there WILL BE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES). He got to a point where he could not shift without either grinding a gear or burning up the clutch plate. Finally I decided, I will get a 700R4 and the transfer case that matches it and swap it in. I did.

 

The shifter is a B&M shifter, the lockup is controlled by a B&M lockup controller I dialed in.

 

The truck had a hitch and it was 4wd but did not have a tow package of any discernable nature.

 

While I was off working, my dad had a trailer brake controller installed as he purchased a trailer for me as a gift(it was $1000 for a $5000 trailer, guy needed to hire a lawyer, I paid daddy back even though it was a gift).

 

I had a continual problem with the lock tumbler turning too far- so far as I know it did not have the GM Passkey ignition kill mechanism. The lock turning crap was so bad that eventually I could crank the truck with any GM key. So what I did was replace the ignition key when I got home- had different key for ignition from door, but come

 

We put 20,000 miles on it. Trailered with it. Hauled several cars with it.

 

I had purchased a 1971 Dodge Charger and I got it home. For the first time, someone came 1/2mi off of a paved road and tried to steal the trailer first. Well the chains were locked and the trailer could not be unhitched because it had a MONSTER lock on the trailer. Well, whoever the guy was who tried to steal the truck, must have watched too many movies because he took and undid the trailer brake and tried to use trailer brake wiring to hot wire the truck.

 

In the end the thief took the Hayes-Lemmerz brake controller. I contacted Hayes and they told me that none of the wires should affect anything other than my trailer brake if the truck has a tow package- it does not.

 

Well, I can turn the key and it does nothing- jack doodley squat.

 

Well, I know the trick about the relay to turn over the starter and here is the odd thing: the truck turns over fine with jumping the (starter ?) relay points on the central fuse box. Weirdest of all is that I cannot hear the tank pump come on. I even put 10 gallons of high test in there to make sure I had enough fuel. I read the direction online of jumping relay points, and here is the other odd thing: for me to get the truck to turn over, I have to jumper the relay points opposite the directions online. I may just be perceiving that because of the fact I'm looking down on the fuse box, I am not sure.

 

There is a guy locally who was the go to man for GM vehicle wiring problems. He quit when he turned 58 to try to find a ride in a NASCAR series(he has run in two Pinty's series races and then comes back to WNC looking for a ride in a car that is probably not going to come, but I digress...)- I offered him cash for help and he said "No, I'm a professional driver now. You do know that when your dad the plugs and wires changed, the dealership removed the clutch pedal without asking him, though, right ?" No, no I didn't know that. He went back to trying to scrape together enough money to buy CASCAR/PINTYS parts. Yes, I did offer him $100 per hour to pay him just to come tell me what I should be doing cause that's about dealer pay per my understanding.

 

I had left the clutch pedal in, in case I wanted to install the 5spd for me. I checked and it is indeed gone. I know I also had wired out the neutral safety switch. I don't know what they did.

 

Should I check the neutral safety lockout first ?

Should I expect to replace the ignition harness under and apart of the steering column ?

With me not hearing the fuel pump on, should I be concerned that I should drop the tank and replace the fuel pump before I do anything else ?

 

Where I am, you cannot find a mechanic who will work on things like this, and I have worked on cars, trucks, tractors, dozers, crawlers all my life. I am not particularly adept with the complexity of wiring. OBD2 pulls a multiple misfire bank 1 and 2 and that's it.