Ranger#1
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whats that compared to the loss in frame rails in other words full length 4 ga ground vs frame ground
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Gen 1 Standard Cab Install
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ForOffRoadDriving
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from my ground stud that goes into the jump seat bolt holes (into the body) to the negative battery post i have 0.00 ohms of resistance (as checked with my multimeter on the 20k scale), so i doubt going through the frame rail would be much different (i have all new battery cables and grounds. wheres those pics at man? its been so long since i saw the wires in a gen 1 dash i can barely picture what the plugs look like.
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baxtej44
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i'm getting about 1000 on my DVM on my red wire and about 650 or so on my yellow wire, both with the truck running
good, bad, ugly? i had the red terminal of my DVM on the wires in question (where i had them twisted together) and the black terminal on the radio harness ground
i believe that was on the 2000k setting, but i would have to check, sorry i'm short on time gotta work in 7 minutes lol
here's some pics:
good, bad, ugly? i had the red terminal of my DVM on the wires in question (where i had them twisted together) and the black terminal on the radio harness ground
i believe that was on the 2000k setting, but i would have to check, sorry i'm short on time gotta work in 7 minutes lol
here's some pics:
in simple terms the thicker the cable the less ohms if has per foot. and that ohms per foot differs for each material. IE 0gauge copper wire will have a different ohms per foot then 0gauge alum, sliver, or gold. Iv never used steel wire so if you really wanted to know id have to look it up. im not that good. lol
but look at the thickness of your frame and think about how thick of cable it would be if you mushed in into a cable 00g???, 000G???? so even tho its steel. i would have to think its a lot less just due to the size.
baxtej44
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remote turn on, and the two blue w/ white stripe wires from the radio and the harness adapter...
that says system remote control on the radio and the harness adapter so i put those together.
the plain blue, with no stripe, says power antenna on the harness adapter manufacturer info
the solid blue one is the one you ran to the amp. (the one that goes past the gray harness in the pic)
the blue/w coming from your HU is the remote lead.
^^^^^connect these two and just these too^^^^^^^
idk how why that other blue/w is tied in to thoes two but it shoudnt be
baxtej44
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why shouldn't it be? not getting smart (if it sounds like that, cuz to me it kinda does lol)... but if you say so, i know i can trust you. should i just cap off the blue w/ white wire coming from the harness adapter with a wire nut?
by the way, are those readings from my DVM correct that i posted above?
lol well its not working now is it. lol
your truck never had an amp. so would would be the reason you need to tie in a "remote turn on" into the OEM system, if there was never anything to "turn on " in the first place. yea just cap it off.
about your DVM readouts. you could have some ohms showing up. there rain thur a fuse block, and common hots and all sorts of stuff that can add ohms to a circuit
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baxtej44
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ya i suppose haha.
well i should be getting a reading from those, since they are power wires, what setting should the reader be on and what readings should i be getting? just don't want to hook up some faulty wires to a head unit just to find out it still doesn't work
you also didnt need the two illumination wires but there there.
and you should get some from the 12v's but i wouldnt test them for ohms but 12vdc. thats the more important thing to look for.
baxtej44
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ok i will check that out tomorrow
so i don't need the following:
illumination wires
dimmer wire
power antenna wire
remote turn on wire
all from the harness adapter... thanks!
yes
Pistons23
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the remote turn on and power antenae wire will do the exact same function. either one will work. pick one and cap the other off. its the system remote control wire you dont need unless you have steering wheel controls.
lol watch out for that. some will turn the ant wire off when you switch to cd mode.
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