We're working on Bobcat's cucv. It too has blown a fuse link, the one on the firewall behind the solinoid on the drivers side. Symptoms are no crank, no response to the key at all, no power at the fuse box. We put a maxi fuse holder in place of the busted fuse link and got the interior working again but it blows a 30 amp fuse when turned to start.
So I know we have a short to ground somewhere between the 12 volt buss on the firewall and possibly the switch. So I have a little more diag to do. I also read on here that the fuse link replacement probably want the best idea. Could correcting the link be the only problem? The fuse link we replaced looked as if had chafed on the back of the solinoid.
The truck is a 12 volt version not 24, and after reading looks like I need to check a little closer on that dog head relay, I thought it had already been done but it looks like I looking at the wrong relay.