westphal
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- Joined
- February 18, 2014
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- City, State
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 explorer XLT
Ok, so this is what happened from start till now.
First my truck would not start sometimes, turns out it was just a bad grounding cable, so i got a replacement, go to hook the batter back up, but I put the connectors on the wrong terminals and the horn starts blowing, sparks and the whole 9 yards that comes with being a dumbass. I replace the battery thats now melted, and the connectors, and a main switch/fuse/relay (im not a good car person so forgive me if I don't know what its called.) car cranks everything works again, for some reason my reverse lights decide to start working for the first time since I bought the turd. Everything is fine except now my radio will not work. The buttons on the radio light up, but the display will not come on and nothing plays, i pressed buttons and nothing still. I figure ok, maybe my radio just blew its fuse. I take it out to look, and of course factory radio = no fuse. So at this point, "FML my car radio shorted out, guess its time for that aftermarket upgrade!" I just got it in the mail today, really nice piece with everything I want in a radio right? Well I buy the install kit. I buy the wire harness adapter thing. I connect the wires up to everything perfecting matching the colors, I have a left over black wire with a white strip on it, not sure where it goes, and another wire that I just dont remember the color of. Finish that and I go to work for the next hour cutting out the factory radio's plastic frame thing in my truck, and now its done. so yea, now everything is done buy myself according to the instructions because I do not have 50 bucks that the local radio shop wants to even look at it. but anywho, i connect it, to the radio, and plug in the antenna, it has bluetooth (**** yea!) so i plug in the mic as well, stick it in the dash, Turn the truck over and not a damn thing. Basically the same thing as the old stock radio just no lighting up because that plug is no longer used. I humbly bring my problems to you because you guys are the best, and if there is any other info you would like I am an open book. Thanks
First my truck would not start sometimes, turns out it was just a bad grounding cable, so i got a replacement, go to hook the batter back up, but I put the connectors on the wrong terminals and the horn starts blowing, sparks and the whole 9 yards that comes with being a dumbass. I replace the battery thats now melted, and the connectors, and a main switch/fuse/relay (im not a good car person so forgive me if I don't know what its called.) car cranks everything works again, for some reason my reverse lights decide to start working for the first time since I bought the turd. Everything is fine except now my radio will not work. The buttons on the radio light up, but the display will not come on and nothing plays, i pressed buttons and nothing still. I figure ok, maybe my radio just blew its fuse. I take it out to look, and of course factory radio = no fuse. So at this point, "FML my car radio shorted out, guess its time for that aftermarket upgrade!" I just got it in the mail today, really nice piece with everything I want in a radio right? Well I buy the install kit. I buy the wire harness adapter thing. I connect the wires up to everything perfecting matching the colors, I have a left over black wire with a white strip on it, not sure where it goes, and another wire that I just dont remember the color of. Finish that and I go to work for the next hour cutting out the factory radio's plastic frame thing in my truck, and now its done. so yea, now everything is done buy myself according to the instructions because I do not have 50 bucks that the local radio shop wants to even look at it. but anywho, i connect it, to the radio, and plug in the antenna, it has bluetooth (**** yea!) so i plug in the mic as well, stick it in the dash, Turn the truck over and not a damn thing. Basically the same thing as the old stock radio just no lighting up because that plug is no longer used. I humbly bring my problems to you because you guys are the best, and if there is any other info you would like I am an open book. Thanks
