Mystery Wire

[RangerSVT]

No...

Some one mentioned that it was a ground illumination wire, so its really just an extension of the original illumination wire that goes into most radios, its just a "ground" for the radios illumination circuit, right?

Correct

Some one said that their under dash lights ran off the ground illumination wire. so if I leave it unconnected, i won't have any thing that is powered by this wire illuminate, right?

Your dash lights will still continue to function whether this wire is connected to anything or not

my current radio does not use illumination, its always on. So if i take the unused illumination wire and connect it to the ground illumination wire, anything that lights up off the ground wire will work again, right?

Incorrect, if you connect any positive wire, including the positive illumination wire, to the negative illumination wire, you will either blow a fuse or burn something up. If it is not needed for the radio, leave it disconnected
SVT

 

[d_m234]

Okay, thanks for all the help guys.

I'll leave it disconnected for now, i'll see if i can trace it to make sure its not used at all, but for now its not hurting anything.

 

[RangerSVT]

Make sure to put a butt connector on it so it doesn't make contact with any other wires next time you are in there, its a good safety precaution, I do it to all wires, used or not
SVT

 

[d_m234]

Of course, done and done. Sounds a lot better than the stock radio did. Now I just gotta replace the stock speakers...

 

[jhammel85]

I know its past the fact but, I wired my stereo this weekend...I had alot of trial and error trying to use the same harness from my old ford probe. Everything worked but I had to decypher what was what..

http://crutchfield.custhelp.com/cgi...2hfdGV4dD1mb3JkIHJhbmdlcg!!&p_li=&p_topview=1

This helped alot. Hope it helps anyone looking on this thread!

P.S...I don't have premium sound. It was all the same.