Okay, so we had the truck running the other day to start the break in procedure and ended up stopping it 2 minutes in due to fire risk under the truck (ran temporary exhaust to fix that). That is when the key refused to turn back to off position, okay, so I replaced the ignition lock cylinder. Now it turns just fine but doesn't start, lights come on, but starter acts like its not getting power at all. So I'm disassembling the column (1979 tilt from Silverado) to find the issue, I have gotten as far as the first housing removed but still see no issue. Am I on the right track? Oh, the old lock cylinder had been put in on top of an older cylinder piece if that makes a difference.
One more thing, the column is sloppy and there is a bearing race loose just after the first spring in the column after the locking plate, how does one fix that?