Made some headway!
I discovered two of my batteries wont hold a charge. Swapped them out and now the truck will crank from cab. Still wont fire the fuel solinoid. Even tried feeding 24v power to the circuit at the inhibit switch, no dice.
Will, i swapped the keypad. With the good one installed, i can access diagnostics no problem. Obviously the keypad was faulty! So, in diag mode, i get a number, a dash, then a "d" on screen. By pressing mode, the numbers count up 1-7. in what i assume there is a potential code in every gear?
with thos pad, i can also select drive and reverse. When R is selected, it flashes. When D is selected, "7" flashes.