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Need some help with Radio wiring(pics inside)

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I searched the forums/google but i cant seem to find a 100% accurate diagram for the wiring also i cant even find the ground wire all of what i check says its a all black wire but there is none

yes there was a radio in and working when i bought the car but it was crap and i had a $80 radio meant for my old tour

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BTW i have no freaking idea what I'm doing but it sure is fun!!!!!
 
for the ground, many cars simply use the frame of the radio. What you could do is run the ground wire from the radio to any screw that goes into metal frame.

Rest of the colors, sorry, not familiar with them yet, plan on doing my stereo in a few weeks myself.
 
for the ground, many cars simply use the frame of the radio. What you could do is run the ground wire from the radio to any screw that goes into metal frame.

Rest of the colors, sorry, not familiar with them yet, plan on doing my stereo in a few weeks myself.
Thanks for the info

the site seems to be running slow at this time i wanted to get this done while it was still light outside.....
 
Radio harness color code

Radio harness color code

Car Radio Battery Constant 12v+ Wire: Orange/Black
Car Radio Accessory Switched 12v+ Wire: Blue/Black
Car Radio Ground Wire: Black/Green
Car Radio Illumination Wire: White/Green
Car Stereo Dimmer Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Antenna Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amp Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amplifier Location: N/A
Car Audio Front Speakers Size: 6″ x 8″ Speakers
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Car Audio Front Speakers Location: Doors
Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): White/Black
Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown/Yellow
Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): White/Red
Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown/Yellow
Car Audio Rear Speakers Size: 6″ x 8″ Speakers
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Car Audio Rear Speakers Location: Rear Door
Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): White/Purple
Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown/White
Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): White/Purple
Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown/White
 
I really hope you clip those wires down and clean them up. You're going to have piss poor connections with those ends all damaged like that. You should solder the wire connections so you don't have to deal with fixing them when something comes loose.
 
Thanks

Thanks

Car Radio Battery Constant 12v+ Wire: Orange/Black
Car Radio Accessory Switched 12v+ Wire: Blue/Black
Car Radio Ground Wire: Black/Green
Car Radio Illumination Wire: White/Green
Car Stereo Dimmer Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Antenna Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amp Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amplifier Location: N/A
Car Audio Front Speakers Size: 6″ x 8″ Speakers
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Car Audio Front Speakers Location: Doors
Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): White/Black
Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown/Yellow
Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): White/Red
Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown/Yellow
Car Audio Rear Speakers Size: 6″ x 8″ Speakers
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Car Audio Rear Speakers Location: Rear Door
Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): White/Purple
Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown/White
Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): White/Purple
Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown/White


Hmm i could not find this, thanks alot

@CSVT1214 Yep I'll make sure everything is pretty when I'm done
 
Location~~~~~~ aftermarket ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stock ford ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ w/amp
left front+ ~~~~ white ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ white/black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ green
left front- ~~~~ white/black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ brown/yellow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ white/orange
right front+~~~~~ gray~~~~~~~~~~~~ white/red ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ white/red
right front- ~~~~~ gray/black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ brown/red ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ brown
left rear+ ~~~~~ green ~~~~~~~~~~~~ white/purple ~~~~~~~~~~~~ light blue/black
left rear- ~~~~~ green/black~~~~~~~~~~~~ brown/white ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ yellow
right rear+ ~~~~~~ violet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ white~~~~~~~~~~~ purple/white
right rear- ~~~~~~~ violet/black ~~~~~~~~~~~~ brown ~~~~~~~~~~~ light blue
 
Got a problem


The receiver is not powering on, i think its not getting any power and idk why

I'll check the fuse in the receiver when i get the chance but i cant think of anything else

Update

Everything works fine now thanks guys
 
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