I pulled the column and then the column wiring harness. I discovered one of the column mounting bolts pierced the wiring shorting the purple and possibly brown wires. I installed the new harness, what a pain! and discovered the wires are still between the steering shaft and mounting bolts. I'm going to cut down the bolts and maybe only install one of them since the wiring is only behind one of the holes. Hopefully, all goes well from there having identified a probable cause for all the issues.
