New stereo skips (tuner and on CD)

[crm318]

i just installed a new radio and it works fine but sometimes it will skip on radio and on CD. i notice when it skips on the CD that the song doesnt stop as if i hit a bump, it is more like th speaker cuts out for a moment and the continues. what do yall think?

[shadetree]

Something may be overheating, or perhaps a loose wire. Lots to check out there. Good luck

[cdowns]

bad ground

[petsudeh]

Sometimes the best thing to do is just rewire the whole thing even though its a pain. Follow each wire an be sure everything is at it should be. Use a volt meter! Good Luck

[crm318]

thanks guys ill give it a shot

[crm318]

im looking to ground it in another location. where would be the best place to do that? i plan on using a connector that has a ring on the end so oi can screw it to something.

[rauto13]

In a perfect world you would have the radio ground tied to wherever the battery was grounded. I have fixed a lot of weird electrical issues by making sure I have good grounds. Battery to engine block, block to frame, frame to cab, block to cab... etc. If do not have these ground straps and you try to ground to the cab, just remember the cab is insulated from the frame by the rubber cab mounts.

I would suggest running the ground wire to the firewall and cleaning the area to bare metal, then run a ground strap under the hood from that location to where the battery is grounded.

Another possible issue is loose connection stated earlier. I would suggest using crimp connectors for all connections or better yet, solder them all. I have seen many problems that I traced back to somone just twisting the wires together and wrapping them up in electrical tape. PO did that to my truck and it almost burned one day after I first bought it.

No twisted wire connections please!

[crm318]

yea that makes sense