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DODGE RAM 1500 PROBLEMS! help!
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yobigtoejoe
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Apr 23, 2009, 7:48 AM
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DODGE RAM 1500 PROBLEMS! help!
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Ok so here's whats going on, about 2 weeks ago, I took out the manufacturer stereo/cd player out of my dodge ram 1500 - 1998. I had a newer stereo/cd player and I tried to rewire it according to the colors on the stereo/cd player. Well I am pretty sure I hooked up the speakers up according to color, which seems to work, but the part that F**ked me over, were a few wires, I couldnt get my cd player to start when the car is on, I had to have my lights on, which wasnt right. well while I was undoing it, I zapped the light wire, and it drained my battery, so Im like Sh!t, so I replaced the battery, and talked to a guy at autozone, cuz he used to do stereo's and he said, well you can always directly connect the stereo battery and acc to the fuse box, so thats what i did, I connected the yellow "battery" to cigarette lighter, and red to the radio, and it worked, but now, my truck keeps "dieing" and idk what it is, it wont start, the battery is good, but idk whats going on
Is it the stereo? Cuz the stereo is working now, but idk if i still have some wires hooked up wrong? or what? like if my battery was dead, and i tried to turn on the ignition, it would click, but my lights work fine, and my alternator is good, cuz i had taht checked as well, but whenever i try to turn ont he ignition, its nothing, no sound, not even clicking,
oh and last week, my car died while i was driving it, turn to find out it was a fuse, but maybe its a fuse, but how do i stop the fuses from blowing out?
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Tom Greenleaf
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Apr 23, 2009, 5:50 PM
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Re: DODGE RAM 1500 PROBLEMS! help!
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I'm not a good sound system geek but if you are blowing fuses something is all wrong! Even in this old truck the OE radio may have had functions other than just playing a radio. You need to get the right "interface" such that your replacement just plugs in. Dang interface may cost as much as the radio. Forget trying to match up wires by color - it ain't quite that simple,
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