i have a 84 firebird and i was trying to find sumwhere to hook the lights on my new gauges and i didnt know where i could find a wire thats hot with acc on. so i took out the radio and i was poking the light wires into the connectors. then i put it in the BLACK/YELLOW/GREY connector that goes into the radio and it sparked. then the radio wont turn on. What did i do?? How do i fix it?? its the stock radio. please help me out.

 

check your fuses

 

did the magic smoke come out? but you prob shot the fuse. check that.the colors are as follows.

orange=constant 12v
yellow= swiched ignition 12v
black=ground
power ant=pink
illumination=grey use for new gauges 12v
light green=right front +
dark green=right front -
tan=left front +
grey=left front -
dark blue=right rear+
light blue=right rear -
brown=left rear +
yellow=left rear -

p.s. if this is not tou're year be carefull and use a multi meter and use the outside ring of the cig lighter for ground and test for power. (if you are quazi good at electronics allwais test first)

Brian

 

yea smoke came out . then i looked at the fuse panel under the steering colum but there was no fuse in the slot that said radio. so where do i change the fuse. And i can connect the lighting wire for my gauges to they grey wire and it will work when acc are on?
THANKS

 

oh yea the cig lighter works fine.

 

If there was no fuse where it was labeled radio in the pannel, and the radio still worked, then what happened is someone wired straight power somehow right to the radio. The point of a fuse is to break when there is too much electricity going thru that circuit..so basically if there was no fuse, and the radio smoked, then yes, you fried it

 

if the smoke came out of the raido then it's toast. the illumination will turn the gauges on when lights go on so no swich is needed and the lights will not be on all the time.

brian

 

smoke came out of the connector not the radio. but the radio i have is the stock delco radio and i know the previous owner had a system in it but the wiring appeared to still be stock. so if i maybe put a fuse in that slot will sumthing happen?? should i use a 5 10 or 20 amp fuse??? i cant afford to get a new radio so i really need to figure this out. thanks again

 

If the sticker is still on the cover, it'll tell ya what amp fuse..if not, then check in a haynes or chiltons book..regardless of where the smoke came from, im bettin ya still prolly fried it..smoke+electrical components = not good

 

10amp fuse 4 stock raido

 

yes my radio works!!!!! it was the fuse i was just looking at the wrong one but i tryed hooking up that grey wire my gauges but the lights dont get bright enough so can i use any grey wire i can find under the dash?

 

no! for more power try the wire at light swich or a relay off the reido grey wire.

Brian