Brain75
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2024
- Messages
- 2,014
- City
- ~Sterling
- State - Country
- CO - USA
- Vehicle Year
- 1990
- Vehicle
- Ford Ranger
- Engine
- 2.9 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- Tire Size
- 215/70R14
If you take a deep breath, stare at the wiring schematics and still don't see what to do, what I have done is go to the junkyard and take pictures of one (like - so 4.0 if you can, same year) and after looking at it for a minute decide if you want to rob that whole connector and 2' of wire, cut it off and go home and start splicing.
My radio the original owner did such a number of a job on the wiring I decided I would just go rob a new connector and 1' pigtail to fix the last 3" that were a spliced mangled mess.... I robbed from an F-150 cause the dash is bigger and there is room down by the driver vent to cut the wires there and get 2' cleanly without having to hold pliers inside dash with 2 fingers. But in that case, I KNEW the F-150 had the same connector identical and my junkyard is cheap $1/ft for pigtails... cost me $2 and $15 in gas. (I went for other things that would have paid for the gas had I got em)
My radio the original owner did such a number of a job on the wiring I decided I would just go rob a new connector and 1' pigtail to fix the last 3" that were a spliced mangled mess.... I robbed from an F-150 cause the dash is bigger and there is room down by the driver vent to cut the wires there and get 2' cleanly without having to hold pliers inside dash with 2 fingers. But in that case, I KNEW the F-150 had the same connector identical and my junkyard is cheap $1/ft for pigtails... cost me $2 and $15 in gas. (I went for other things that would have paid for the gas had I got em)