95 Windstar blown amp

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Feb 19, 2006 | 11:00 PM

Buggie

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95 Windstar blown amp

Hi,

I have a 95 windstar with the premium sound.

Not had any sound out of the speakers since I bought it (about a month ago) though I do get sound out of the rear headphone sockets.

Finally traced it to a blown amp. Got another amp and still not working.

There are 2 connectors going to the amp, an 8 pin that comes from the radio and then an 11 pin, 8 of which go to the speakers, 1 ground and 1 is a 6V line coming from the radio (when the radio is turned on - presumably telling the amp to 'turn on') the last wire I'm presuming should be the +12v (purple with blue stripe) as it happens all the damage inside the old amp was on this pin - but there is no 12V on this wire, I've checked the fuses and these are good.

I know I could just pull the old radio and install something newer with the relevant by pass cables, but I like the idea of the rear headphone sockets / controls which I would lose with a new one, plus I've already sunk money into a replacement amp.

I guess my next thing is to cut the original 12V wire and find another 12V source to see if things then work, before I do this though I thought I'd see if anyone had any other ideas or knew if there was any sort of relay on this wire?

Thanks
James

Feb 20, 2006 | 10:17 PM

IPACA9

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the issue you will run into if you put a new radio in is that you have to wire past the headphone jacks. I remember these vans because of that issue. It would overheat a radio.