radio fuse problem

Take it back and have them fix it.

The radio fuse is in the driver kickpanel.

 

talk with the owner and then tell him you'd like it fixed and that you want to be there watching as well.

 

http://www.st162.net/forum/showthread.php?4589-Body-Electrical

you're donated aren't you? the BGB page is quite the reference...for a lot of questions.

 

What you should be looking for is 2 wires for power to the stereo.
1st wire should be gray and it is the main power to your deck. It is switched on/off with the ignition.
2nd wire should be blue with a yellow stripe, it is allways on and is used to maintain memory/clock in your radio.

These 2 wires ahould be found near your speaker wires.

heres the schematic


if you have no power to the gray wire then check fuse 6


If that doesn't help then post your schematic for your deck and I'll tell you how to hook it up

 

okay maybe some pictures would help.
where is this radio fuse in the engine bay ? .....picture
did they run a new wire into the interior ?

I also need a picture of the wiring behind the stereo

Your taillights should have absolutely nothing to do with your radio except to send it power to iluminate the radios display.
This is a green wire and the reason for that is so you can dim the stereo ilumination.
Your clock should be on your taillight circuit.

 

Ah now that picture explains alot.
An 88-89 does not have a radio fuse in the engine bay so I was thinking
they punched a hole in the firewall and ran a wire and fuse to the engine bay

So heres the 86-87 diagram



What make and model of stereo are you trying to install ?

 

Okay I got the diagram for your stereo, in orange I added the toyota wire color to connect to

so what you need to check is the following

the black wire from the stereo is connected to a brown toyota wire or connected to the car body
the red wire from the stereo is connected to a gray toyota wire
the yellow wire from the stereo is connected to a blue with yellow stripe toyota wire
the blue wire from the stereo is not connected to a toyota wire and should be taped to avoid acidental grounding

don't worry about the speaker wires for now, we need to figure out your power problem first



So let me know if the blue, red, yellow stereo wires are connected properly.
They may have connected both the red and yellow wires from the stereo to
the blue with yellow stripe toyota wire and not used the gray toyota wire at all

 

what toyota wire does the red stereo wire connect to.

Heres what it should look like





get me pictures of the wiring

 

That green toyota wire should not be there so you need to find out what it is connected to.

I would just cut it and see what does not work anymore. If it is something important that you need
I would reattach it to the grey toyota wire which turns on and off with the key.

 

If the fuse was missing then the blue and yellow toyota wire was never getting power so the green wire was also never getting power
so I would cut it and tape/cap the ends of any exposed wires