so many wires aaagh
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so many wires aaagh
so I got a new radio and once I got the superglued(@$#%$) faceplate off and broke loose the rusted clips, I realized that I have no idea what all those wires are for. Anybody have a diagram that will tell me which color does what on a factory original am/fm cassette player?
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The truck side colors then on the right is the typical standards you find in the aftermarket.
http://www.installdr.com/InstallDocs/FLM/PDF/356037.pdf
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should be a harness style adapter. It should unplug from the back and you can get a kit from walmart that will adapt anything to your truck. That is what i did. The PO had a POS tape deck in there and so i pulled it out, found the deck i wanted and threw it in with the adapter. The radio section at walmart had all the books/reference stuff i needed on the packaging. Worked well.
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should be a harness style adapter. It should unplug from the back and you can get a kit from walmart that will adapt anything to your truck. That is what i did. The PO had a POS tape deck in there and so i pulled it out, found the deck i wanted and threw it in with the adapter. The radio section at walmart had all the books/reference stuff i needed on the packaging. Worked well.
I have found that a lot of older trucks, before harnesses were common, if they have an older aftermarket stereo in them the OEM harness will be long gone.
Good luck. Let us know your progress.
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Sounds good...but the old harness had 2 more wires than the new one?, which weren't on that cool sheet you posted. All the speakers work and the CD sounds good soooo, I guess I'll wait till something starts blinking or smoking.
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It could be stuff like power ant., dimmer, something else.
I'm glad you got it working.
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that sounds about right.
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