Ignition switch issues

[sk8salomon]

Here are the symptoms:
-battery has full charge
-when you insert key, absolutely no power, everything is dead
-after multiple times of key in/out, finally it will come alive and start as normal
-while driving, radio will intermittently turn off/on. I suspect this is the keyed 12V wire causing it.

I suspect the ignition switch is going bad but thought i'd post up to see if this is a common problem?

 

[sk8salomon]

well lucky me i found the problem. went to get in the truck and try cranking but as usual, my wife's seat adjustment barely allowed me to get in. So usually, while standing by the door i'll just reach down and push the seat adj lever back until the space is enough for my skinny a$$. When i hit the switch, no power! I was like, wtf? I checked battery voltage again and it was still rock solid 12.7. Then i thought instead of checking post to post, i'd check the actual wires from the battery...showed 5.2 v. Long story short, the positive terminal was just slighly loose causing an intermittent connection. no harm, no $$$, no foul.