Hi, I didn't want to spam the forum with multiple posts and some of these are probably related. Any troubleshooting ideas and tips would be helpful.

The van engine runs well but had a lot of body work done recently which may be the cause of some of this.

1) emergency brake and abs brake light stays on. The brake peddle isnt engaged and the emergency brake doesnt appear to be engaged but both warning lights stay on

2) when the engine is on and the headlights are turned on the interior chime never shuts off.

3) keyless entry doesnt work. The in door switches operate the power windows and they operate the power mirrors (but only down and to the left for each). The power door lock button will not operate the locks. Trying to reprogram the fob does not appear to work.

The rear bumper is gone and there are some hanging cables in the back, not sure where they all went or were for.

The van is a quigley conversion 4x4 that i got for a song so I’m willing to put up with this electrical mess. The body was in bad shape but i had a good body that works cheap replace all the rusted and dented pieces already.

There are a lot of wires running everywhere under the dash from various installs over the years (I’m guessing). There is a winch in the front , and I think there used to be more lights and such that were removed before sale.

Any tips at beginning to manage this mess would be appreciated. The biggest issue right now is the door locks because the key is hard to turn/worn and getting into the van is a huge hassle. I bought an aftermarket keyless entry kit thinking I’d have to replace everything but now I think amy e that isn’t the best approach.

Thanks in advance,

 

You certainly posted quite a list. Some body shops take shortcuts and leave off ground wires that they think are not that necessary or have just been plain overlooked.
On that note I would suggest , go on a hunting expedition and look for wires that have been tucked in somewhere that possibly should provide ground connections.
To help prevent problems, invest in a blade fuse holder and if you place one end on a good ground connection and touch the other end to a wire you think could be a missing ground. If it produces a direct short , the worst thing is it will blow the fuse and do no damage. Sometimes if you see where the body work was done , you may just see a dangling ground wire. Many times one simple ground wire for the chassis sheet metal will produce some crazy symptoms if left disconnected.