UPDATE!!!...got it!!!...it was the fuse...I had checked the fuse and it appeared fine....I had read another post and I think it Camoit or Pennyman who said sometimes fuses will fail but appear fine...subsonic vibration in the fuse block somehow renders them ineffective...but check this out....as I was leaving NAPA with my new package of 15 amp fuses and a working set of windshield wipers...my key won't turn on...it would not rotate in the ignition key lock...I wiggled and jiggled for about 20 mins. and nothing...removed the ignition switch and was able to start the truck but the column locked...eventually it released and I got it home...now how do I remove the ignition lock?...so far I have not been able to get it to release.