My 95 had an electrical buss on the driver's side. Look for fusible links there. If they aren't there, look for a mega fuse under the battery

 

The bus was unbolted from the fender, so no wonder I didnt see it. Its attached now but theres no voltage to the bus. The links at the battery are good. It doesnt make sense that it would start yesterday and then it not do anything today. What would come and go like that with no vibration in between.

I even ran my obd2 scanner on it last night while running and it showed the only code is low voltage on the crank sensor.

 

I fried my "nice" multimeter trying to troubleshoot it, and even got some smoke from the truck itself. That was inspiring.

If the big chunks I was checking are fusible links, they're good. I tried the truck before checking them and it was dead. I tried it after checking them and it started. I got it to start twice. I still have no idea what the issue is and if/when it will resurface so I need to find it all the same.

I couldn't find the Buss you were talking about on my truck. I wonder if they changed them between year models? This truck is a hot mess of cobbled together stuff from previous owners so it very likely could've been there from the factory but the PO felt like doing away with it in lieu of a wad of tape.

 

if you are getting a restart after a dead short like you describe- you need to check ALL the grounds- battery to fender- battery to frame - frame to fender- battery to engine and the two smaller ground off the back of either side of engine

 

I checked all the wiring except for the wiring behind the engine. Everything visible was good. The arc was maybe 2 strands inside of a 16ga wire for a fraction of a second. By the time it started, it was over. Hopefully nothing cooked too bad in that time. I will check it more thoroughly this afternoon or tomorrow, as long as it starts next time. If it reverts back to being dead, obviously something drastic is needed.

 

Today, I go to start the truck and it's dead again. It started 3 times yesterday once it fixed itself. Everything is the exact same today, good battery, good fuses, dead truck.