Stereo Problem

[Mr. Hawver]

I have a problem with my stereo that I was hoping you guys could help me with.

This past spring I got my 1995 Mustang out of storage and as I was replacing the battery, I blew a fuse (bad battery, long story). The fuse was the one that powers the stereo, speedometer, odometer, etc. I replaced it without any trouble and everything works, except my stereo. I can turn the head unit on and it will pick up radio stations fine (I think), but no sound comes from the speakers, no hissing, buzzing, static, nothing. When I put it away for the winter, everything was working just fine. By the way, it is a completely stock, non-Mach 460, system.

If any of you have some idea what is wrong I would GREATLY appreciate some insight. Thanks a lot!

 

[1TRIKGT]

Its possible you messed up the head unit or factiry amp, how did you blow the fuse?

 

[Red2000GT]

Even the base system uses a small seperate amp. You probably popped the fuse in that one too. Check all the fuses in the fuse box,even the ones that don't seem to have anything to do with the stereo.

 

[Mr. Hawver]

I followed you guy's advice and have checked every single fuse that I could find under the hood and steering wheel. Unfortunately, all of them are good. The only thing I didn't check where those metallic thing-a-jiggers in the fuse box because I didn't see any way to check them and I have no idea what they are.

How I blew the fuse in the first place is kind of a long story. When I put my car in storage for the winter I pulled the battery. I wanted to put it somewhere out of the way, so I put it on a shelf down in our basement. This spring, when I went to grab it, I found that it had fallen off the shelf somehow (it was a foot from the edge last time I had checked). I checked to make sure it didn't have any cracks in the casing and that the fluid levels were good before I threw it on the charger.

When it was done charging, I put it in the car and connected one of the terminals. As I touched the other terminal with the other cable, it started to melt the lead battery terminal. I immediately disconnected it and got the battery out of my car. The cables were connected to the correct terminals. When I got a new battery and hooked it up is when I noticed that I had blown the fuse.

 

[Red2000GT]

I'd be suspicious that you've cooked a few wires elsewhere in the car. There is a power feed to the little amp that may not have been fused and now has damaged the amp. For an 11 year old factory deck I wouldn't bother wasting your time,it'll be cheap and way less aggravating to replace it with a decent aftermarket one.