Wiring Help

[TexasJon65]

Hello all
On my 98 Ram 1500 with the 5.2 motor I have an issue.
We had a neighbor dogs chase a cat up into the engine area then begin to chew and rip wires in an attempt to get to the kittens.
The dog chewed several wires including spark plugs wires and the positive harness to the starter.
I can no figure out where one wire came from.
It's a brown or blackish wire that comes out of the power distribution center and appears to have been running down towards the starter.
At this point when your turn the key it does nothing the engine will not crank.

 

[Black-Wolf]

Possibly a ground wire... Can't tell from those pics. You should be able to take a multimeter and set it to resistance, then go from the break to your frame, or from the break to the ground lug on the starter - if you get 0 ohms at both - then it is a ground. If you get infinity, then it might not be a ground wire. Locate the starter relay in the fuse box and see if you get ohms to the broken end on the fuse box side. If you do, it's power to the starter. If it goes into the cabin through a FW break, then it might be power or ground for the ignition key.