Joel Adams
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
75 came with either a mono or stereo radio. If there is only one
of the "convectors" then it's mono.
A mono radio has three wires going to one convector while the
stereo radio has six wires going to two convectors. The convector wires are
Yellow-Blue-Green. Both radios have a three wire bundle for speakers...black
for speaker grounds and a light green for the right speaker and dark green for
the left speaker. There is also another three wire bundle: gray ties in with
your parking lights to light the radio dial when you turn on your lights, black
goes to chassis ground, and yellow goes to fuse box for +12V power.
Convector wires are green, yellow, and blue. If the connectors are
cut off it will be impossible for you to tell the difference between a green
speaker wire or the green convector wire. Turn the radio upside down and remove
the bottom. The green wire to the convector connects to a terminal strip at the
very furthest connection point (closest to the top of the radio). Or bottom
connection as you are looking at it upside down. The green speaker wires are on
separate terminals closest to the bottom of the radio.
The speaker wires are black (common to both speakers) and 2 greens. It really
doesn't matter which green goes to which speaker as it is a MONO radio.
Use only 10 ohm speakers or you will cause severe damage to the radio. Most
modern radios use 4 ohm speakers, so be careful.