Radio Wire Help Please!
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Radio Wire Help Please!
Hi,
I am in the process of installing a new radio/CD in "ole Betsy". I found that the wires running to the speakers on the left & the right front door panels are the same color codes - Purple & Orange. Purple looks to the be positive orange to be the negative but I am unsure of that.
Here's my question - when I get up to the radio I have 2 Purples, 1 Orange, and 1 White wire. I traced the wires as far as I could see without doing major surgery...got tired...quit for the day. The speakers in the front doors had rotted - cloth deteriorated & the magnets rusted/corrosion everywhere.
Purple - Left Positive (Drivers Side Front Door)
Orange- Left Negative (Drivers Side Front Door)
Purple - Right Positive (Pass Side Front Door)
White -Right Negative (Pass Side Front Door)
Please any advise is accepted! Thanks folks.
Super78Ford
I am in the process of installing a new radio/CD in "ole Betsy". I found that the wires running to the speakers on the left & the right front door panels are the same color codes - Purple & Orange. Purple looks to the be positive orange to be the negative but I am unsure of that.
Here's my question - when I get up to the radio I have 2 Purples, 1 Orange, and 1 White wire. I traced the wires as far as I could see without doing major surgery...got tired...quit for the day. The speakers in the front doors had rotted - cloth deteriorated & the magnets rusted/corrosion everywhere.
Purple - Left Positive (Drivers Side Front Door)
Orange- Left Negative (Drivers Side Front Door)
Purple - Right Positive (Pass Side Front Door)
White -Right Negative (Pass Side Front Door)
Please any advise is accepted! Thanks folks.
Super78Ford
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OK, I take it this is for a '78 pick-up. My Haynes shows the purple as common (negative). In the schematic, the 2 purple wires combine into one for the factory radio. The white and orange are for the right and left channels.
FWIW I would use an ohm meter to test for continuity, make certian you don't have any short circuits. But that's me, always up for some pain. LOL
FWIW I would use an ohm meter to test for continuity, make certian you don't have any short circuits. But that's me, always up for some pain. LOL
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Hey Super78 , let us know how it turns out.
The radio in Ol Fo d quit working and I'd like to hear some tunes whenever I drive it.
(the R is missing off the hood , thus Fo d instead of Ford)
I only have the dash speaker tho , so it should be easier for me (yeah , right!)
The radio in Ol Fo d quit working and I'd like to hear some tunes whenever I drive it.
(the R is missing off the hood , thus Fo d instead of Ford)
I only have the dash speaker tho , so it should be easier for me (yeah , right!)
