1995 K3500 6.5 Electrical Issue
 

I recently bought this '95 K3500 6.5 diesel truck.

http://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/3398593302.html

The problem with it not starting ended up being that the starter was bad, which I replaced and had it running great. I drove the truck for 3 days and ran into a weird problem that no one has really been able to give me a good answer to.

I drove the truck to work the other day, 30 or so miles round trip on the highway with no issues what so ever. Shut it off and tried using a spare key that came with the truck to restart it. It wouldn't even turn in the ignition.

Here's the issue: When I put the correct key back in, it turns in the ignition, and I get electrical power(headlights, raidio etc.) but no dash lights and the truck won't attempt to start. The key may just be a coincidence, but I was thinking maybe a messed with some type of security system so I unhooked the batteries and still nothing. I'm able to arc the starter, but when the motor starts to run it basically just shuts itself off.:confused:

Any ideas as to what this could be? Sorry for such a long post lol:waah:

Re: 1995 K3500 6.5 Electrical Issue
 

Does it have a remote for a security system? Could be the ignition switch down on the column not the actual key tumbler.

Re: 1995 K3500 6.5 Electrical Issue
 

No it doesn't have a remote, or didn't come with one at least. Thats kind of what I've been leaning toward is the ignition switch. Went to pull one from a junk yard the other day and didn't have the right type of bit for it lol. Gonna try and borrow some of those soon