2000 silverado electrical issues

[Dan92]

I have a 2000 silverado 4.3 engine.it was stolen a couple of months back and ive been working on it and my biggest problem now is that theres an electrical issue my temp gauge or my gas gauge don’t work,A/C controls dont work and my wipers dont work, also my battery keeps dying over night.does anyone have idea of where i could start looking? Ive checked all the fuses and none of them are damaged 

[richard wysong]

How did they steal it? maybe  the ignition switch, not the lock cylinder is damaged

[savagefan]

When the scum tried stealing mine, they smashed the ignition lock so hard they broke the switch behind the cylinder and the housing itself. Bought a complete replacement column from the junkyard and it is now good as new. I hope this helps.

 

[Douglas Nathan]

Agreed, you have short of some kind (yeah, duh) but where (of course) is the question. The other guys suggested looking where the scum defeated the ignition. It's something that has B+ on it all the time (unswitched) the ignition/neutral safety switch is where I would look first.

[Pete Hernandez]

I agree with all of the above, a good place to start looking is how they got it started to steal? Steering column?