That circuit that I had the arrow to is a pink wire, I checked the OEM diagrams too, there are a lot of pink wires as main feeds to the fuse panel. As for the DRL circuit, there is a relay for the daytime running lights that is power off of the Gauges Fuse 4 20amp circuit. It's the power for the control side of the relay, then the Daytime Running Lamps Module grounds that control side of the relay and that will activate the DRLs. The same circuit branches off and powers up that DRL module too, ill post the diagram below. So that's why the DRLs are not working, there is another possibility here though, On the third diagram, the red arrow comes from a Fusible Link on a junction block, most are on the firewall that come right from the battery. (Diagram 4).
I would check that Fusible Link, it may have burnt when the Ignition Switch shorted out.
My concern here is that they did all those repairs, and the next morning you have other fuses that are blown, and possibly a Fusible Link that is burned up. That all points to there still being a short somewhere. And although giving power to that pink wire powers everything up and it starts, it might be that be it will be short lived fix.
Since the DRL fuse was blown, I would remove the DRL Fuse as a safety precaution for now.
The 16-gauge Fusible Link is rated roughly at 22 amps, but that also depends on how long the circuit is and the resistance in the circuit. That Fusible Link is what is feeding the circuits that are down right now through the Ignition Switch.
Since fusible links take longer than fuses to burn and cause an open circuit, that may be why the fix only lasted one day. So, check that fusible link, check all of them on the junction bar.
If the fusible link is okay and you're still not getting power to the ignition switch on that feed, I'm not sure exactly what size fuse I would recommend for an inline fuse to feed that wire. There are so many components on that circuit, you can try a 20-amp fuse, but I'd keep spares with you, there's a reason that fix didn't last, and I don't want to see anything else short out on you. If you do go for the bypass circuit, test it out for a while, let the truck run and make sure the fuse is not just going to blow after 10minutes of run time.
But only do this if absolutely necessary. And after the inspection of the Fusible Links, I just can't recommend something that might cause more damage. The short needs to be tracked down. Do you have a 12-volt automotive test light? I'm not sure what the circuit breaker in the power probe is rated at, but it's a good method of seeing if a circuit has a path to ground.
Sorry for the long post.
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Sunday, September 11th, 2022 AT 5:37 PM