f/w junction block to fuse block

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I'm trying to clean up my wiring harness on my 86 k5 that was butchered by previous owners, i think I've got it pretty much all back together except for one wire, its a 10awg wire coming off of the firewall junction block (10awg wire has a inline fuse spliced into it at junction block) and running into the cab and is spliced into an orange (looks like 18awg) wire that looks to be power for a clock, when i unhook them my horn doesn't work and the cab lights get all funky (stay on with door shut turn off when door open) so I'm pretty sure I've figured out this part of the fuse block is supposed to get power from the junction block but id like to know where exactly the power wire from the junction block is supposed to tie into the fuse block, if anyone has any info or pics that would be great
 
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I wonder if your bulkhead connection is burned up…

If I read your post correctly someone bypassed the bulkhead and ran an orange wire into the cab instead of through the fuse block?

There should be two 10 ga wires routed from the junction on the firewall to the bulkhead connector, each should have a fusible link. This is their position on the bulkhead on my 1980…
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if overloaded the brass connectors burn up and melt the plastic around the connector. I don’t have an example of a burned up bulkhead but here is what a healthy one looks like. There’s different ways of repairing a burnt out connection, on way people do it is to cut out the connectors, splice the power supply wire, pass it through the bulkhead and splice it behind the fuse block.

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is this pic from the engine side or the cab side?
heres what mine look like in the engine compartment at the fire wall
 

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Attached is power coming into fuse box- It tells were it is coming from. Dark grey in the fuse box is the power going to fuses.

Here is a link to wiring diagrams- download and look at 86- shows how the wiring runs. I would suggest quickly reading the first few pages also-very useful info to know. I wonder if a previous owner spliced in a fuse instead of replacing a fusible link. (If so, I would replace it with a fusible link.-)
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See attachments. Shows how the wires originally were. First number is size of wire (metric) Then color of wire, then circuit number.
 

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is this pic from the engine side or the cab side?
heres what mine look like in the engine compartment at the fire wall
My first picture is the same as yours just out of the truck and cleaned up. That big section of wires is actually 3 separate connectors that snap together before you bolt the plug into the bulkhead.

The 2 red 10 ga wires in your picture are the ones that supply the fuse box with power.

My second picture is what it looks like when you unbolt the connector and wiggle them loose.

Let’s see a picture of your orange wire with the fuse…
 

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the fused on is coming off the firewall junction block, under the dash they have it tied into the orange wire which is plugged into the top left spot on the fuse block, according to wiring diagram that is to feed power to a clock which my k5 doesn't have, also looks like all the fusible links have been removed from the other wires on the junction block, it looks like all the original wires are there feeding threw the bulkhead connector
 

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