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AM Radio Problems
I got an AM Radio today. It lit up and made noise for about 5 seconds then died. Checked fuse panel and the fuse is still good. I have power to the end of the red wire in the harness.
Any ideas on why it died on me???
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Try hooking up a temp. speaker to see if the problem is with the radio or speaker. You may have blown it if it was old and crusty.
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id love for mine to work.. the light comes on. but thats about it... =(
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Wouldn't it still light up though like it did when i started it.
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Nroden, check your ground
Mtdave, check the continuity of the antenna. Thats what the problem with mine is. |
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Isn't the ground the speaker? What could go wrong there?
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Hmm I though the radio was grounded with the strap that supports it on the back but now that i think about it might have the ground in the harness. Anyways the ground could be bad. Try wiggling it around.
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I will have to mess with it some more tomorrow. i never had the radio in dash. just had the wires sticking out the opening and hooked up to the back of the radio.
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I got it to work today!!! First of all I found out that the radio IS grounded by that strap. (Thank You Gee) I guess yesterday when I started it i had it up against the AC controls. Today I sat the radio on top of a crate which I sat on top of the hump. Then I plugged in the harness and ran a wire from that strap to the igntion key (makes a good ground). It lit up but no sound. So I went and got another cheapy speaker thats been laying around and hooked it up to that. It came in loud and clear (my new telescopic antenna may have helped. I set my 5 presets (all to country) Now I am gonna have to figure out how to remove the dash speaker so I can figure out whats wrong with it or get a new one.
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I just love the AM in my 69, its more relaxing or something then listening to FM. I guess the fact that I only have one decent station to choose from helps, no flipping to find better music.
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i guess i shoulda mentioned when i posted how to wire it, the wire is for a speaker ground
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Its a'ight Blue!!
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