1995 850 Turbo - Radio Plug Question

noev70t5 · Post by **noev70t5** » 21 Jul 2019, 19:04

Hi guys hoping to get some incite before I have to go out of my way to a salvage yard to rip apart an 850...

Ultimately this is my fault.

My 1995 850 has a SC-816 Radio I put into it, but the car only has 3 main connectors in the back. One big plug with about 8ish wires, small plug with about 6-8ish wires, and a solid black connector with a single metal tip. Someone tried to put an amp that would mess with my other electronics so I figured id try to fix it. After looking at a few diagrams it seems that they had tapped into a consistent power wire for the radios anti theft - and while rewiring it, that wire touched the single black wires connector and I could see it was shocking it. Being arrogant my dumb*ss thought I could do simple quick connects without messing up...

I'm not getting power to my radio now. Everything else works well.

Question: How far do I have to go to get to the other side of the Big plug on the radio harness? What does it ultimately lead back to?

Attached is the wiring diagram: I'm talking specifically about 16/1 - Plug A - Wire #4 (R-SB) [Red and Black]

I want to find the other side of plug A so I can not only check for further damage but to replace that whole section of wiring - When searching I only see things about replacing the plug on the radio side, Id like to aim for replacing the whole thing

Thanks for any info!!

noev70t5 · Post by **noev70t5** » 22 Jul 2019, 09:39

No surprise on no reply ONLY because I've NEVER seen the answer on pictures ect. I'm headed to the pick n pull now. I'll post pics soon

noev70t5 · Post by **noev70t5** » 22 Jul 2019, 16:28

AWESOME lots of learning today.

If your constant power wire behind your radio (black and red wire**) ever touches the antenna wire while doing a wiring job and it grounds no need to worry!!!

Just check the RIGHT fuse. There are apparently 2 different radio fuses on a 1995 850. 32 and like 7. CHECK THEM BOTH

I ripped a plug out of the salvage yard but while I was there I tried to snag the whole harness. DAMN that was alot of work.

Endgame to all of this was that I blew a fuse while working and ended up rewiring everything for no reason. Lesson learned!!!