starter probs?, hard to explain Options

[xXMindFreakXx]

so basically the car was running good then now i have a power draw somewhere so i found out that if i pull the dome fuse everythings good iono where it would be havent had time to look but after that the car starting acting really weird i started it so let it charge up the batt and it shut off i go out there and the whole started is burnt so i put in a new one and it wont start unless i jump it... then it wants to smoke down there so now i cant run the car... so then the car wants to start on the ON poss and i dont have to push in the clutch then the check engine light comes on so i try to figured out what thats all about and all it dose when i jump it with the good ol paper clip it just blinks and not one pause at all wtf is going on with that damn think fine one day then the next lots of probs

[xXMindFreakXx]

i replaced the ignition... im in a bad emotional state right know i got my first one 5 years ago and now im re thinking myself i cant do what ive been tryin to do for 5 years is one problem on top of another one

[Detatch]

i replaced the ignition... im in a bad emotional state right know i got my first one 5 years ago and now im re thinking myself i cant do what ive been tryin to do for 5 years is one problem on top of another one

i'm in pretty much the same hole... 6 years, about 16k deep, i'm having issues with the first of my two celicas... one's in the shop getting the 3S swap done (which i can barely afford, can't with all the bs going on now), the other one i got put COMPLETELY back together (gas tank forward, ground up) in just THREE days... i get back to the parking lot for the night, and the window refuses to go up for some reason, then i realize my gauges don't work, then she dies... won't start unless i have a jump, and dies when the cables are removed... replaced the alternator in the gutted celica (one without the engine swap) with the original alternator from the factory engine that was in the car before replacing it (5s replacing 5s)... i KNOW for a fact that alternator is good, it hasn't been sitting for that long (sat longer in the car when i was stationed in japan), and it was working PERFECTLY before i pulled the first factory engine... it's still having the exact same issue. runs great with jumper cables connecting me to another car, but the moment i disconnect the cables, she dies... before now (with the origional 5s that was in it) the wipers would randomly wipe and spray, and the wipers wouldn't work unless set to the fastest setting either.

right now, i have until sunday morning before the damn thing is impounded... :'(

i'm told it could be a shorting accessory wire, perhaps part of the wiring harness between the alternator and the main fuse panel... any advice is GREATLY appreciated...