Old School AM Radio

[78F250]

I got an old radio for $5. I don't have a radio in the truck currently. So, to keep a stock look I was going to put this in. I don't drive the truck as a daily so the lack of stations is no biggie. The problem I ran into is it has a light blue wire with red stripe and 3 black wires. One which looks like an inline fuse wrapped in rubber pretty thick. If I touch the blue (power) and a black to a power source the light comes on. What wire goes where?

 

[Fellro]

I don't recall any inline fuses on the factory radios that would look like that. Are you sure it isn't the antenna wire? Should have dash light hookup, power wire, (yellow if I recall)then the speaker wires. I think the blue may be the dash lights wire...

 

[radialarm]

Only one speaker wire, Bro!

 

[Fellro]

Two, one is ground, one would be + unless they chassis ground it...

 

[smokey]

No fuse that is a noise suppressor in the power lead.

 

[78F250]

I'll take a picture tonight and put it up.

 

[smokey]

this is from a old Mustang radio
blue/red to fuse panel
black/red to fuse panel

 

[78F250]

Here are the wires.

 

[Mil1ion]

woe is me ..that bad info above

please know:
blue/red is always instrument panel lighting
in your case..the radio light

black with yellow WITH THAT BIG BLACK THING ON IT (noise suppressor) is radio power

the other 2 go to the dash speaker

 

[78F250]

I questioned some of the information myself. It helps to see what I'm talking about though.

 

[Fellro]

I wasn't too far off, called the blue for lights, and yellow for power... that was straight from memory, and haven't touched one of them for several years.. I'm happy I remembered the colors...