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ECU PIRATE · 04-29-2011, 08:24 PM

Since I have not had a chance to clean and paint my new to me motor, I guess I should try and get my interior buttoned up. The truck had a radio and speakers in it when I bought it but nothing was hooked up (funny......) The PO did a hack job on the wiring. Now I can not even find the yellow, black, and gray leads to the radio coming out of the fuse box.

You guys have any ideas on how to wire this mickey flick?????? I have the leads out of a junkyard donor but, have no frickin idea on where to start. Some help would be much appreciated. Sure can't cruise without some tunes to listen to. I have a feeling that the truck left the factory sans the radio and it was hard wired into the electrical system at some point. Thanks in advance,

Mike

willstruck · 04-29-2011, 10:48 PM

My truck had a botched wiring job, too, had a radio but was ripped out. Used a multimeter to figure out what the wires were that were there, and tapped into the junction box under the dash on the drivers side. Although I realized that I tapped into the RUN wiring, not the ACC wiring, but it doesn't bother me so I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.

04-29-2011, 08:24 PM	#1
ECU PIRATE Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Centreville, Virginia Posts: 846	Radio Wiring Help Since I have not had a chance to clean and paint my new to me motor, I guess I should try and get my interior buttoned up. The truck had a radio and speakers in it when I bought it but nothing was hooked up (funny......) The PO did a hack job on the wiring. Now I can not even find the yellow, black, and gray leads to the radio coming out of the fuse box. You guys have any ideas on how to wire this mickey flick?????? I have the leads out of a junkyard donor but, have no frickin idea on where to start. Some help would be much appreciated. Sure can't cruise without some tunes to listen to. I have a feeling that the truck left the factory sans the radio and it was hard wired into the electrical system at some point. Thanks in advance, Mike __________________ The Fleet........ 68' Camaro - 1st car (restored & still have it) 09' VW Tiguan (Wife's Daily Driver) 14' VW Passat SE TSI (my personal) 14' Ford Edge Sport (Daily Work Vehicle) 73' SWB Stepside - 77K org. miles 74' LWB 454/TH400 - drive train transplant for my (Sold) 98' SWB C1500 W/T - shop truck (Sold) 90' GMC Sierra SLE short step - aka " Jezabelle " (Sold) Last edited by ECU PIRATE; 04-29-2011 at 08:24 PM.

04-29-2011, 10:48 PM	#2
willstruck Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 87	Re: Radio Wiring Help My truck had a botched wiring job, too, had a radio but was ripped out. Used a multimeter to figure out what the wires were that were there, and tapped into the junction box under the dash on the drivers side. Although I realized that I tapped into the RUN wiring, not the ACC wiring, but it doesn't bother me so I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet. __________________ '85 k10 long bed, 6" lift. 35" tires. 350, Edelbrock intake/carb, headers, dual exhaust. Automatic.



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