The 24volts is really just the starter as most everything else is after the resistor bank and 12 volts. What the wiring was is he didn't have the plow lights wired correctly with the 3 way toggle switch. He didn't wire the switch into the dimmer switch so there was no high or low beams for the plow. He cut the main feed out of the light switch that goes into the column mounted dimmer switch to feed the 3 way switch with just "head lights on". The dimmer switch had also been removed from the column and the rod that activates the switch from the directional lever was missing. I have a few columns so a rod and fasteners for the switch were at hand. After fixing that I preceded to remove all kinds of short wires that were all crimped together with either butt connectors or 3M taps that seemed to go nowhere and were just hanging under the dash. All kinds of spaghetti! Transmission position indicator was broken so I fixed that. The glow and water in fuel bulbs were left out of the dash bezel too which is often done as there is a technique to getting these in with the wires being kind of short and the limited space for ones fingers. None of the running lights in the instrument cluster worked either and found 2 out of the 3 were blown, the other not making good contact. It's mostly little things like this that I found with the major stuff all pretty much perfect. The last thing to do is check the IP as the guy told me he removed the check valve as it was bad. Of course this is not a good thing and that is why he put an electric fuel pump on the side rail because it would loose it's prime. Again not a good thing if your mechanical pump membrane ruptures. I will go through this small stuff and get it all "right".
I'm also looking at a M1008 that our town has parked. It is an almost rust free body with just a dime size hole in the driver's cab corner, perfect bed and absolutely NO dents. The trans/transfer case is gone and the interior is rough but the body, axles, radiator, (there is a motor), brake system, cross member, and drive shafts (in bed) is all there. I have the excellent running power train from my old rusted out M1009 that would go into it nicely. It would be nice to have a K30 too. My daughter is a fairly new graduate of Veterinarian College and has her own large animal business. This truck would be great for her to get around to all the farms and to tow her two horse trailer occasionally. Waiting to hear from the town about acquiring it.
