rcarlisle Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Gary, I started playing with Rusty's radio today and wanted to ask your advice. The radio was not connected in the back so that explains why it never turned on lol. There were several wires, harnesses not connected in the dash and I'm wondering if you remember what goes to what? I'm thinking that the first picture below plugs directly into the radio, but I can't seem to be able to find the connector for the 2nd radio hookup. Take a look at the pics below and let me know your thoughts. Thanks! First two photos are the power feed - one is switched, other is constant power for the light to work with the lights and dimmer. third photo is the speaker wire connector. Just removed my radio last night. The other end of plug is in the dash over near the glove box. Or at least mine was. and it was wrapped around a holder of some sort that I had to get it untangled from. And that supposedly feeds the speaker harnesses to each side. The speaker plug on the other side on mine is square like it would take a 6th wire buthte hole is blank apparently. on mine, two wires were looped in so it would be a 2 speaker system instead of 4. Would be easy to make 4 maybe, but no fader? See photo of direction speaker harness comes from. It was pretty tight in there and no way to get hands in there easily. Might have been better with dash top removed. Haven't learned that yet. Not sure what 4th and 5th photos are. Haven't had to find them yet. Mine is an 81, btw. But same appearance of wires. I did a post earlier today with similar photos for future reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarlisle Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Doing a little more digging and come to find out there is no center speaker. LoL, that sure explains no sound. Perhaps a $30 Amazon bluetooth speaker is in Rusty's future. BTW, this is the first time I've removed the dash cover and wow that original dash is U.G.L.Y and rotten. Wow. Our trucks are very similar - same deal with center speaker. And I see yours is an 81 as well. If you remove the pad, might make easier to get to speaker wires. I saw something yesterday said it's a 5 minute process? I assume all the screws are visible and accessible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayJ Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 Wow. Our trucks are very similar - same deal with center speaker. And I see yours is an 81 as well. If you remove the pad, might make easier to get to speaker wires. I saw something yesterday said it's a 5 minute process? I assume all the screws are visible and accessible? Hey Randy, thanks for the tips. I may just leave well enough alone for the moment but that's good info. I'm really curious what the newer looking harness is in the 4th picture on my post. Maybe the other guys will chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Hey Randy, thanks for the tips. I may just leave well enough alone for the moment but that's good info. I'm really curious what the newer looking harness is in the 4th picture on my post. Maybe the other guys will chime in. That's definitely a harness for a newer radio. I don't ever recall Gary installing or removing one, but Rusty's tale started long ago. I do recall he mixed and matched a lot of parts so Rusty would be roadworthy and safe before he sold him on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayJ Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 That's definitely a harness for a newer radio. I don't ever recall Gary installing or removing one, but Rusty's tale started long ago. I do recall he mixed and matched a lot of parts so Rusty would be roadworthy and safe before he sold him on. Jim, that's what I thought as well. In fact, isn't that the connection for a single DIN head unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Jim, that's what I thought as well. In fact, isn't that the connection for a single DIN head unit? All headunits have different plug configurations. ? I can't tell at a glance on my phone what that might belong to. And I very much doubt Gary knows because I don't think he would have removed a functional radio to only fill the space with a Philco that isn't even connected. More likely Rusty's PO took it and Gary popped in something from the attic to cover the hole. Gary and I both, recently installed single DIN Sony media receivers. But they are 'short chassis' and don't reach the 'shelf' at the back of the opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 All headunits have different plug configurations. ? I can't tell at a glance on my phone what that might belong to. And I very much doubt Gary knows because I don't think he would have removed a functional radio to only fill the space with a Philco that isn't even connected. More likely Rusty's PO took it and Gary popped in something from the attic to cover the hole. Gary and I both, recently installed single DIN Sony media receivers. But they are 'short chassis' and don't reach the 'shelf' at the back of the opening. I don't think I did anything with the radio in Rusty, but if I did I sure don't remember it. Sorry. And Jim is right, there seems to be no universal connection scheme. I took a Sony out of Big Blue and put another in and even they had different connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayJ Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Jim, that's what I thought as well. In fact, isn't that the connection for a single DIN head unit? Not sure what everyone is running as far as floor mats but I decided to give the Husky Liners a shot. Ordered off of Amazon for a decent price and they arrived today. Not a perfect fit but pretty good. Not quite as thick as weather tech liners but should do just fine for Rusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarlisle Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Not sure what everyone is running as far as floor mats but I decided to give the Husky Liners a shot. Ordered off of Amazon for a decent price and they arrived today. Not a perfect fit but pretty good. Not quite as thick as weather tech liners but should do just fine for Rusty. I don't have them in Walter yet, but wife and I both have some sort of fitted liners in our cars. Really nice and keeps the carpet new. Not an issue for Walter at this point. But a great idea. Walter has some thick rubber universal mats and it keeps sliding up under the gas pedal. May screw it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayJ Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 I don't have them in Walter yet, but wife and I both have some sort of fitted liners in our cars. Really nice and keeps the carpet new. Not an issue for Walter at this point. But a great idea. Walter has some thick rubber universal mats and it keeps sliding up under the gas pedal. May screw it down. The husky liners have some pretty aggressive rubber spikes on the bottom which grab the carpet very firm. No sliding at all. I would hate to have sliding mats. One reason i avoid driving in flip flops as well, had a very close call in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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