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Old 11-22-2013, 08:25 PM
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Two shakes I'll go have a smoke and take a couple pictures.
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Originally Posted by Turbo X_J
If it looks like that connector next to the middle "x" that's the radio ground that plugs into that tab on the stereo.
Aha yes should that be clipped on to the new radio somewhere?
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That should be spliced to the black on the new radio harness.
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Originally Posted by prcherokee
That should be spliced to the black on the new radio harness.
Facepalm? lol i see the black ground wire from the radio harness is spliced to a black and yellow wire but i didnt see that on the color lists :\?

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AHA!
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You are right, just cut it and connected to the other black and if you can eliminate those butt connectors and solder the wires.

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Okay, so if i cut the black and yellow wire, tape it off, then cut the black wire beneath the plastic clip and solder it to the black wire on the radio i should be good?
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Yes.
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I still dont understand why the radio operated so differently with the antenna plugged in and unplugged?
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Yes.
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The antenna is also grounded to the chazis of the radio, and that black and yellow is power 12V +. That is why the fuse was blowing.
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Originally Posted by prcherokee
The antenna is also grounded to the chazis of the radio, and that black and yellow is power 12V +. That is why the fuse was blowing.
That will definitely cause a short. Did the previous owner bypass the factory connectors, or just cut the harness and use butt-connectors? I hate butt-connectors
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Originally Posted by investinwaffles
That will definitely cause a short. Did the previous owner bypass the factory connectors, or just cut the harness and use butt-connectors? I hate butt-connectors
I think he cut the harness out and used but connectors which I'm guessing means I would need to find a factory connector in order to use the radio wiring harnesses available online. How it looks is all the OEM wires are mostly soldered to the radio wires a few are butt connections. The radio words then flow into a "plug" best word I can think and this plug clips into the back of the radio.
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You wold have to buy this one too.Since he already cut it, in my opinion I would just fix that hack job that he did.Unless in the future you plan on getting another better radio.
Amazon.com: Metra 71-1817 84 - 01 Chrysler Multi-car Vehicle Harness: Car Electronics Amazon.com: Metra 71-1817 84 - 01 Chrysler Multi-car Vehicle Harness: Car Electronics
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Originally Posted by prcherokee
You wold have to buy this one too.Since he already cut it, in my opinion I would just fix that hack job that he did.Unless in the future you plan on getting another better radio.
Amazon.com: Metra 71-1817 84 - 01 Chrysler Multi-car Vehicle Harness: Car Electronics Amazon.com: Metra 71-1817 84 - 01 Chrysler Multi-car Vehicle Harness: Car Electronics
Radio seems half decent, changes colors, iPod plugs in via USB so I am pretty happy with it. I will just try to clean up the hack job for now.


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