hardheaded

im so stumped yall.... my truck will only work if you run a jump wire to the ip solenoid makin everything tied to it hot, if you unplug it i have a dead truck, nothing... i have to unplug the battery every time i wanna kill the truck.

also, even with a wire jumped to the solenoid my alternator is not charging, i accidentally left the battery plugged in and everything stayed hot draining my battery. i jumped it off with my other truck then took it for a spin to charge the battery up, killed it, ate my lunch, then came back to a dead truck. what could this be?

wannadiesel

Could be the ignition switch, but I'd suspect a fusible link before that.