No start....again

[Jeepwm69]

Ok, got a new starter on the 83 (the old one tested good, but tge guy said the bendix had a little play so he warrantied it).

Get it in, install it....nothing.

Start looking at wires going to starter. Have 12+V at starter, so check the purple signal wire to make sure it's in place, and it fires right up.

I look at what's left of the loom around the wires going from firewall to starter and think "somewhere that wire has rubbed bare and is grounding out".

Put new loom on all the wires going from fusebox, across back on engine, down to alternator, and then to starter.

Fires right up. Great!

Drive around the block, come home, try to restart, and nothing.

So would a bad ignition switch cause no power to the solenoid?

When I turn the key the idiot lights in the dash go off when the key is turned to start, and them come back on like when I let off like they normally do.