radio wiring

[jeep jeep]

when i bought my CJ i didnt have a radio in it, i now would like to put one in it but i dont know where to start with wiring it up. could someone who has done this before help me out

 

[Old Dog]

If your talking about your 83 there should be a place in the fuse box for a radio wire.

 

[jeep jeep]

yes it in my 83, ill go look on the fuse box

 

[elwood blues]

I'm not sure how wiring saavy you are. A stereo generally has two +12V inputs. One is a constant hot, in other words there is power there even when the key is off. This one draws a very low, but constant, amprage. This is the memory voltage, it keeps your clock running and your presets set. The other is the keyed +12V, this is the main power for the reciever and the amplifier for the speakers. You can always rewire the stereo, you only need three wires, the constant +12V, the keyed +12V and a ground. Generally there are places on your fuse blocks that you can use for the radio that are not currently being used, i.e. A/C and STEREO fuse slots.

DO NOT WIRE THE STEREO DIRECTLY TO THE BATTERY! Nothing good ever comes from wiring anything directly to the battery.

 

[jeep jeep]

im new to wiring, ive been able to figure out my other problems. i think i get what your saying, how would i wire the fuse box, i dont have a radio yet to try it out, i wanted to make sure i could do it first. do you have any pictures?

 

[elwood blues]

No pics, I'm sorry. I'm just spouting off all of this off from memory. On most stereos, the constant +12V is a red wire, the memory +12V is yellow and ground is black. Don't wire the ground to the fuse block, just to a bolt on the firewall, that will be sufficient. Use a round terminal end, like this one;

And to wire the hot wires into the fuse block just use a spade terminal on the end of the wires and just plug them in to your fuse block, like this;