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spanky55amg

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The monster that owned the truck before cut and hacked all of the radio wiring. Does anyone have a suggestion of how to correct the truck radio wiring harness? I plan on some junkyard hopping this weekend if that is your answer.
 

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What’s it look like? You don’t see three connections or any of the wires? Here’s the diagram for the wiring

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It’s probably back in there somewhere, but I know it can be daunting. I’ve pulled a mess of wiring out that came from two aftermarket stereos after the original in my car, and a rat could have made a nest out of it in about three seconds. That radio wiring diagram is pretty standard throughout GM vehicles from 77-93. I don’t know if you’ll find an original harness in a junkyard, but they sell them on eBay for a few dollars.
 

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Oh no. This guy cut and hacked it all up. And it's super short.
 

spanky55amg

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What’s it look like? You don’t see three connections or any of the wires? Here’s the diagram for the wiring

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Ihave this exact screen shot .haha.

Anyways. The PO hacked everything up.
 

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I don’t know if you’ll find an original harness in a junkyard, but they sell them on eBay for a few dollars.

This it?

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I lurk here a lot but I wanted to chime in on this. The PO of my 85 Jimmy hacked the radio harness up so bad I completely rebuilt it. To make future radio swaps easier I used current wire color codes and a vehicle side harness for an 88-2000 GM Truck standard radio harness I bought on amazon. Hope that gives you some help.
 

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If you're planning to go aftermarket then just wire everything from scratch. It shouldnt take long in a single cab truck. You will just need to run a fused power line, find an accessory source and ground it to bare metal, then run speaker wires.
 

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