yeah it was the switch that was on. that was an easy fix. so i turned the switch off and looked over ALL of the fuses, pulled them all out. they were all good except one. the one called monitor engine, or engine moniter, keeps on blowing as soon as the motor starts. what could be causes of that? i know a bad ground could be one, so where does that ground to? also some things started working again. the heater motor, fuel gauge, and coolant temp gauge now works. clock and radio still don't work. any ideas? thanks everyone for there help so far!!