wiring help

[mattk]

I've reinstalled my old pups (SD's not stock) into my Ibanez S series and keep having my signal short out. I've replaced all the wiring, w/ a new input jack and volume pot. When I plug in my cord, theres a signal when Im halfway in, than when the cord is fully in it cuts out. Ive rewired a few times. Its gotten better, now my signal is completely dead. My tuner isnt even reading. How can I fix this? I have kept my wiring path the same so I know at least thats correct. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, matt.

[Dru Edwards]

Just a couple of basic things which I'm sure you've already looked at:
I'm assuming that you're not using an active pu with a dead battery?
Have you tried another cord?

[mattk]

Correct, my pups are passive, and I have tried another cord.

[mattk]

I was switching back and forth b/n old and new input jack (soldering). Both had same results with signal dying. Is it safe to cancel out the input jack? In rewiring, could I have fried a wire somewhere? Should I start from square one and change all the wiring?

[mattk]

success! after replacing the wiring from the input jack, my signal stayed. Odd though that before, when the jack was out of the body my signal was good. And when I put the jack back in the body, my signal died. Oh well

[Thunder]

success! after replacing the wiring from the input jack, my signal stayed. Odd though that before, when the jack was out of the body my signal was good. And when I put the jack back in the body, my signal died. Oh well

Your jack was probably hitting ground.