whiteroc

The other day, got in tried to start -nothing. I pulled/replaced all
of the fuses & got it started back up. Got to where I was going,
turned it off, no restart- same thing again. Messing with the fuses
again didnt do anything. I disconnected the ECM from the wiring
harness/reconnected -started up again. Turned off-no restart.-
Did the ECM thing again/no restart. I finally was able to get it
started sometimes when removing the CALPAC from the ECM and
ECM from the wiring harness/reconnect & waiting 5 minutes
before restart. - The Security Light was on when trying to start
when it wouldnt crank over (I know this normal for VATS if
detecting a possible theft attempt )

Restarting was getting less frequent over the next day so I
deceided to pull the dash to get to the VATS box to check
connections. VATS fuse is good - all wiring is connected. After
messing with something I would wait 5 minutes and try a restart.
Every-now-and-then I would cross "something" that allowed it to
restart but, couldnt pinpoint it.

Then Ohhh **** happened... I moved the wiring harness at the
base of the steering column and the Security light quit coming on.
I know what your thinking, its gotta be the 2 little yellow wires
going to the ignition key... yea I thought of that too. Even though
the yellow wires were pinched just before the cylinder hole they
were still intact. Then another Ohhh **** happened... The end of
one of the wires going into the VATS part of the Ignition broke
from the inside as I was inspecting it- - I ended up cutting
the cylinder free from the wiring. I connected the 2 yellow wire
ends together and turned the replaced ignition over to start-
still no security light. - -

Note: Was able to borrow a friends ECM that's identical to the
one that's in mine... no difference.

This one's giving me gray hair that I'm pulling out by the wads!

If ANYONE can help me figure this one out or lead me in the right
direction to find someone that can reprogram my chip to X-VATS
I would be forever grateful.