I tilted back the bed and replaced the fuel filler, put everything back together and she wouldn't crank or start. Headlights and wipers still worked.

So I just replaced 10 year old battery today, soon as I connected it there was a little puff of smoke from the vicinity of the battery tray, now if the keys are turned to on the wipers run non stop and are unaffected by the wiper controls. Still no crank no start.

I also had the classic issue of the keys-in-the-ignition noise maker going off any time the door was open and it was conspicuously silent after replacing the battery.

The one thing I am inexperienced in dealing with is electrical problems. Of course.

I don't know what the hell is going on here. Anyone got any ideas?

 

try putting key in on position and then disconnect the negative terminal for 15min

 

did it work?

 

You're over a year to late to help him, his post is from August 2019.