Okay, i bought a 1985 Camaro Rs off of a do-it-urselfer, but he claims to not have touched anything audio, and he handed it over to me with the stock stereo, and i liked it and it sounded terrific but i just couldn't deal with cassette tapes and i got a very nice stereo waiting for it.

i began to take it out and made notes on a pad of what went where so i could wire it to fit with my new stereo, and after hooking it up it wouldn't work, i first tried to turn it on and the main screen blinked and that was all that happened, and shut off. i had my electrical friend test the stereo, which was fine. and so i checked voltages in the wires, i even tapped negative to positive, and everything was as it should be, so why won't this thing work? all of the relays and all of the fuses are fine too, and corrosion is minimal everywhere i've checked

also where does the positive cables on battery cables go? im replacing engine and didn't expect it to turn out like that rather than go directly into the harness

 

Nobody has ever encountered this problem? or nobody has any clue what might be causing this problem? i once heard from an old cable worker there could be hidden corrosion in a wire and it will cause the voltage to be appropriate until a load is applied. anybody agree with this? if nobody can get me a good answer im just going to tear apart the wires and wire it in by hand directly from the battery through a custom fuse box and switch

 

bump, im guessing i should just wire my own fuse box into my stereo, route it myself?

 

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Originally Posted by Titantilton

i once heard from an old cable worker there could be hidden corrosion in a wire and it will cause the voltage to be appropriate until a load is applied. anybody agree with this?

Here’s how to find out if you’re getting proper voltage to the radio:

With the radio OFF, where the power cable enters the radio connect a voltmeter across the + and ▬ leads.

Now turn the radio on (or try to) and observe the voltmeter.

If the voltage stays about 12 you know you have good power.

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thats kind of a generic version of how i tested it, anyone else got an idea?