How to replace the speaker wire harnes behind the radio.

[bnichols04]

I need serious help. I got my 93 x and I wanted to put a new raido in and I found out that the pervious owner had cut the little gray speaker wireing harnes behind the raido. And not all of the speakers are messed up. It doesn't fade or banance. I need step by step instructions on how to put the wireing harnes in. Where can I get one. Is it a harnes that ends under the dash or is a continual harnes that goes throuout the truck?

 

[wilson_nick]

you can get a reverse harnes from best buy to fix it, but you have to have a voltage tester to know which wire goes where. or you could pay them to do it. after that you need a forward harnes which you can install yourself because it's color coded.

 

[CQ7String]

Originally posted by bnichols04
I need serious help. I got my 93 x and I wanted to put a new raido in and I found out that the pervious owner had cut the little gray speaker wireing harnes behind the raido. And not all of the speakers are messed up. It doesn't fade or banance. I need step by step instructions on how to put the wireing harnes in. Where can I get one. Is it a harnes that ends under the dash or is a continual harnes that goes throuout the truck?

If you're at all savvy enough to install a car stereo, you don't need to pay best buy to install a new harness for you.

Search for a wiring chart for your truck, chances are there's one on here or at least on the web somewhere.

Here's a handy tip: If you've got the speaker wires handy and want to determine which is which - put the ends onto a 9 volt battery. It'll make the speaker crackle a bit and help you designate which colorset goes to which speaker - which in turn will solve your balance and fade problems.

If you're putting in an aftermarket deck, chances are all you'll need are the speaker connections, switched/unswitched power, ground and illumination for a basic install. If you're adding amps, you can just tap the switched line for your remote turn-on.

Good luck.

- CQ7

 

[bnichols04]

does annyone have a wiring chart handy for a 93 x? Where can I get the forward and reverse things from?

 

[CQ7String]

Forward/Reverse = Fader?

Again: Aftermarket deck? Does it have RCA outs?

Are you just installing the deck (4 speakers, power, ground) and that's it?

Locate the ground, switched and constant power feeds.

Then figure out which speaker wires are which using my 9v battery method.

Then just wire it up. If you put RR/LR wires to RR/LR on your deck, and repeat for the fronts, you will have balance and fade control.

 

[bnichols04]

I guess I wasn't clear enough. You know that little gray plug behind the raido? They cut that off and now I don't know what speaker wire is what. I am not talking about the power plug the fat long on I am talking about the little gray plug. The speaker wires are not marked and I was asking if there was a way to like go under the dash and unplug it and run a whole new speaker wire harnes up to the raido. I don't know if it is one pack of wires going down to the floor and plugs into all the speaker wires from around the truck or if it is a continual thing.

 

[CQ7String]

If they hacked off the factory harness, your best bet is to either go to a junk yard and see if you can get a new end connector off of a wrecked one, or to just determine which speakers are which manually and wire it up that way.

Even if there was a second connector behind the dash somewhere - in the time it would take you to find, disconnect and rerun all the wiring you could do one *really* good straight connecting job with the existing wires.

I've never done a stereo in your car, but I've done a lot, and in my experience I haven't come across a second connector past the factory harness.

Edit: Good luck btw. If all else fails, have a beer and break out the electrical tape

- CQ7

 

[wilson_nick]

cq7string: He's obviously not "savvy" enough to install an aftermarket stereo with a cut harness. This is why i told him where to get the parts and get it done if he didn't want to do it or didn't know how to do it himself.

 

[CQ7String]

Originally posted by wilson_nick
cq7string: He's obviously not "savvy" enough to install an aftermarket stereo with a cut harness. This is why i told him where to get the parts and get it done if he didn't want to do it or didn't know how to do it himself.

Getting a wiring diagram and matching up the wires isn't terribly difficult, and from the sound of it he only needed to know where his speaker wires were - hence I gave him the 9v battery tip.

Edit: Didn't mean to sound rude in the above posts - teh internet does that.

 

[expo5.0]

i have the wire colors- for all explorers

i'm not at home right now, and i'm not sure if that information is what he's looking for or not.

so, if you need them man let me know. Since i have the info all you would have to do is splice the wires from the hu to the wires i'd give you- no other parts needed.

-drew

hell, i also have a few of those explorer "plugs" laying around. the exact factory piece your looking for. But the only reason you'd need that is if your trying to go back to stock.

 

[bnichols04]

Trying to go a little stock cuz there are 2 speaker wires for one speaker and I cannot find out which 2 wires go to what. I am thinking about just rewireing all the speakers and color codeing them but that is too much work. Is there a way to tell which 2 wires goes to which speaker. Is it color coded? I forgot because I haven't been back ther in a while. I have been scratching my head about this. (I am not shure about that battery thing. How do I know which 2 wires go to what)??????

 

[CQ7String]

Originally posted by bnichols04
Trying to go a little stock cuz there are 2 speaker wires for one speaker and I cannot find out which 2 wires go to what. I am thinking about just rewireing all the speakers and color codeing them but that is too much work. Is there a way to tell which 2 wires goes to which speaker. Is it color coded? I forgot because I haven't been back ther in a while. I have been scratching my head about this. (I am not shure about that battery thing. How do I know which 2 wires go to what)??????

I'm not sure how daunting it is, but I'll describe it the best I can.

Each speaker has a positive(+) and a negative(-) wire on them, to provide current and phase. That's why there's two for each.

*Usually* Your speaker wires are the odd colors. Purple/purple-black-stripe, etc.

The battery trick - take two like-colored wires, same color, one with a stripe. The striped wire is the negative.

Tap the ends of them to the terminals on a 9v battery, and you'll generate a tiny load (9v at very low amps, it won't damage your speaker at all) and you'll hear the speaker that those two wires are connected to crackle. If you take purple/purpleblack, tap 'em to the 9v and your right rear speaker crackles - those are the wires for that speaker.

Repeat for the rest of them. Black will always be ground, red will be 12v constant and orange will usually be switched (though I've seen it vice-versa). If the deck you're installing doesn't have a dedicated remote turn on lead, use the switched line for remote as well. (it's rare, but it happens).

A voltage tester is always handy for testing unknown wires, since I'm sure the cut harness is a jumble of oddly colored factory wires. You MIGHT get lucky and be able to pop the speaker out, check the wires on the back and have them match up to the same color scheme on the cut harness, but it's possible that they will have a different harness somewhere along the line.

Rewiring them is also a good plan if you want to go that way. Then you can use good, shielded wire instead of the gimp crap the factories use anyways.

Hope that helps - good luck.

 

[EMG7895]

i have all of the wiring diagrams just give me your email address and tell me whet you need

 

[wilson_nick]

that's cool dude, you sounded kinda snappy-plus i work at best buy so it was kind of an insult but no offense taken, that place drives me crazy but it's getting me through college.

 

[explorer4x493]

Off topic a little

Do you all know where to find a factory wiring harness to a '96 limited radio?

 

[doug91xl]

Re: Re: How to replace the speaker wire harnes behind the radio.

Originally posted by CQ7String
If you're at all savvy enough to install a car stereo, you don't need to pay best buy to install a new harness for you.

Search for a wiring chart for your truck, chances are there's one on here or at least on the web somewhere.

Here's a handy tip: If you've got the speaker wires handy and want to determine which is which - put the ends onto a 9 volt battery. It'll make the speaker crackle a bit and help you designate which colorset goes to which speaker - which in turn will solve your balance and fade problems.

If you're putting in an aftermarket deck, chances are all you'll need are the speaker connections, switched/unswitched power, ground and illumination for a basic install. If you're adding amps, you can just tap the switched line for your remote turn-on.

Good luck.

- CQ7

dif you use the 9 v battery trick you can also fin speaker polarity. you need two people for this though. if you hook up the polarity pos-pos and neg-neg the speaker will jump outward, pos-neg and neg-pos it will jump inward, just thought i would add my 2 cents:mattmoon:

 

[phoenixlt]

hey can i get a wire diagram for a 98 Explorer? thanx

 

[badwolf007]

Hello, can you tell me what color wires in the center console are for lighting the rear ac/radio controller? I would like to splice into those for a light to my ashtray. my 97 x came with what ford calls the updated console,1 cup holder,1 ashtray,I swapped that out with one from a 95 XLT that had 2 cup holders and a real ashtray but I need a light for the ashtray, Ford dealer said he could not find any parts for this even though the ashtray has a mounting place for a light,Help please.THANKS

 

[Shagnasty]

davidkoliver@hotmail.com needs those stereo wiring diagrams....

please?