Wiring Problems !!!!

[matt20687]

Hey

 

I just got my Ford Escort LX TD! Just re done some rust patches and primed them and thought i would put my cd player in! The wiring has got totally confused!

 

What i got is :

In the Car

 

Bundle One, Assume it is speaker cables

 

Grey / Red

White / Red

White

Grey

White / Black

Grey / White

White / Purple

Grey / Black

 

Bundle 2

 

Green / Yellow

Green / Black

Black/ Orange

Orange Black * 2 - one is bigger than other

 

 

Coming out of CD Player

 

Purple - R Rear Positive

Purple / Black - R Rear Negative

Grey - R Front Positive

Grey / Black - R Front Negative

Green - L Rear Positive

Green / Black - L Rear Negative

White - L Front Positive

White / Black - L Front Negative

Orange - Dash Light Illumination

Red - 12 V Ignition Switch

Black - Chassis Ground

Yellow - 12 V Constant

 

If anyone can help of what needs to go were would be great as i hate driving without music!!!

 

Thanks

Matt

[DanFinesse]

hafords - wiring adapter will do the job!

[Craig855S]

yep u need a ford-ISO wiring convertor. only a few quid form accesory or ICE shops. Keeps the wiring tidy and allows u to refit the ford player without chopping wires twice,u can chop wires if u want,but u'll need diagrams and its hassle

[matt20687]

yep u need a ford-ISO wiring convertor. only a few quid form accesory or ICE shops. Keeps the wiring tidy and allows u to refit the ford player without chopping wires twice,u can chop wires if u want,but u'll need diagrams and its hassle

 

 

Thats the problem! The wires are already chopped! I need the diagram but cannot find it anywere for a 1996 for escort!

 

If anyone has one would be great if cld post on here or e-mail!

 

Cheers

Matt

[cherrybeard]

yep u need a ford-ISO wiring convertor. only a few quid form accesory or ICE shops. Keeps the wiring tidy and allows u to refit the ford player without chopping wires twice,u can chop wires if u want,but u'll need diagrams and its hassle

 

 

Thats the problem! The wires are already chopped! I need the diagram but cannot find it anywere for a 1996 for escort!

 

If anyone has one would be great if cld post on here or e-mail!

 

Cheers

Matt

 

the back of the haynes manual has wiring diagrams for the ford speakers as in what colour is for left positive, right negative etc. also lists the power and earth wire colours.

 

if you dont have access to this book then ill look them all up for you, might not be till after the tennis though.

[matt20687]

if you could look them up for me that would be great!!! I dont have one , was gonna buy one yesterday !

 

Wish i did now!!!

 

Thanks

Matt

[cherrybeard]

wires in car your stereo wires

------------- --------------------

 

Grey / Red - RH front + - Grey

White / Red - RH front - - Grey / Black

White - RH rear - - Purple / Black

Grey - RH rear + - Purple

White / Black - LH front - - White / Black

Grey / White - LH rear - - Green / Black

White / Purple - LH rear + - Green (assuming white is the band not the solid colour)

Grey / Black - LH front + - White

 

 

Green / Yellow - ignition (if this wire is thicker than the rest) (red)

Green / Black - earth (assuming black is main colour) (black)

Black/ Orange - if black is main colour then it is alarm, if orange is main colour then this is your illumination (Orange)

Orange Black * 2 - one is bigger than other - permanent live (is this is the thicker wire of the two and orange as main colour) (Yellow )

[matt20687]

hey

 

Just had a go! Had a few problems, dont have a colour for the memory, It keeps losing all the memory that i putting in!

Had a bit of trouble with the power for the cd player, i couldnt get the ignition to work at all, the green/yellow had 12 V coming down it (well 11.76V) but when i put it on the ignition wire that goes off to my cd player it did nothing. I got the CD player to power up by putting the Ignition on with the constant 12V that goes away to the head unit. Also the only way i could get the head unit to luminate was to put the illumination wire on the ignition wire aswell as nothing else would power it up at all!

 

I also noticed that when the ignition was turned on the cdplayer poped out the cd that was in there , was a bit weird!

 

I got my multimeter and got some voltages :

 

Green / Yellow - Ignition = 11.76 V

Black / Orange - Illumination = 1.76 V

 

If anyone can help it would be bloody great coz i am stumped!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks

Matt

[cherrybeard]

hey

 

Just had a go! Had a few problems, dont have a colour for the memory, It keeps losing all the memory that i putting in!

Had a bit of trouble with the power for the cd player, i couldnt get the ignition to work at all, the green/yellow had 12 V coming down it (well 11.76V) but when i put it on the ignition wire that goes off to my cd player it did nothing. I got the CD player to power up by putting the Ignition on with the constant 12V that goes away to the head unit. Also the only way i could get the head unit to luminate was to put the illumination wire on the ignition wire aswell as nothing else would power it up at all!

 

I also noticed that when the ignition was turned on the cdplayer poped out the cd that was in there , was a bit weird!

 

I got my multimeter and got some voltages :

 

Green / Yellow - Ignition = 11.76 V

Black / Orange - Illumination = 1.76 V

 

If anyone can help it would be bloody great coz i am stumped!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks

Matt

 

 

Permanent live should be the one which gives a 12v reading with ignition turned off. This is your memory and should be the orange wire with black stripe.

Does the yellow wire with a green stripe only read 12v with ignition on? make sure you turn the key to second click and not just first.

Have any of your exterior lights stopped working cos i think that the illumination wire is hooked up to the RH sidelights fuse.

 

 

--------I got the CD player to power up by putting the Ignition on with the constant 12V that goes away to the head unit. Also the only way i could get the head unit to luminate was to put the illumination wire on the ignition wire aswell as nothing else would power it up at all!----------

 

sorry couldnt understand this. you mean you took the ignition wire from the car and connected it to your memory wire on cd player and then it turned on? you mean you got it to illuminate by connecting the ignition wire from car and illumination wire from cd player?

[matt20687]

yer sorry bout that i did ramble on a bit! the only way i could get it to illuminate was to put the lumination wire that goes off to the cd player in with the green / yellow one.

 

yes the yellow wire with green stripe only reads 12V we ignition turned on i think! gnna go up the road in a sec so will check again!

 

aint got a clue bout exterior lights as aint drived it in the dark yet! will ave a look in a sec aswell.

 

tis a weird one ay!

 

ta

[matt20687]

what i think i am gonna do now is go to a impound and cut the plugs off of a car the same as mine and then just join it to my wires i have now. Then get a adapter thing for a ford from halfords!

 

I think it gnna be the easiest way

 

cheers

[JC]

Hope you sorted it, but here's the wiring diagram referred to...