[Smokey]

And, the important question about the fuse,... did the new one burn-out during your short trip, or was that just a coincidental finding ?.

I'd check the ballast resistor, sometimes they get pretty hot pretty quick, and go open-circuit on ya...

Check for voltage on both sides of the ballast resistor.

 

[Smokey]

Amen georgeda and intense...
I didn't say go buy a new ballast, I said check the voltage on each side of it....

You've got figure out where the flow of electric current stops.
DON"T just go buying and throwing parts at it... get out a meter, or a simple taillight socket with a bulb in it, or a continuity tester, and fin out where the fire stops.

The neutral safety switch is a good candidate...
as are the ballast, starter solenoid, ignition switch...

And even things as simple as an unclean, slightly loose or corroded battery, ground or starter cable(s).

 

[Smokey]

Well, dang it, get some manuals and start coloring the pictures, I know you can, and then your life would be soooo much simpler

I place my bet with Boba on the next place to check.

 

[Smokey]

As my tagline says,... damn I hate when that happens...
That'll teach me to be a smart aleck.........NOT!

But at least you'd be looking at the line drawings, and reading the text...

 

[Smokey]

Did we already rant about cleaning the battery terminals, and the connections at the other end, and the ground strap between the block and the firewall, and a ground strap between the frame and the engine, and, and,...