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ozonekiller

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I put a new deck in my 95gt and the stereo still dont work. The factory deck quit and so i put the new one in and now there is still nothing. The car has the mach 460 sound system so any help would be great. By the way where are the factory amps in a vert.
 

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check your fuses under the dash. Im not sure about the amps in a vert. I know my hardtop GT had them under the rear dash though.
 
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The amps are directly under where your stereo deck is located. But check your fuses. If you get nothing there, start following your wires. You may have something critical pinched or snapped off.
 

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Did you make sure you got the correct harness for a car with premium sound? The harness will be different than a standard Ford stereo harness.

Get a 2$ test light from Walmart and check for power (ignition power and constant battery power) and ground.

Also, you need to make sure the blue "remote" wire from your head unit is connected to the proper amp wire so it will turn on the Mach 460 system.
 
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there power to the stereo just no sound and it is the correct harness. but the amp wire from the stereo needs to be hooked up to the factory amp.
 

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Yes, it'll be the blue remote wire on both sides. (stereo harness and car adapter harness).

An easy test is to run 12 volts from your ignition to that blue remote wire going into the car harness. I'm not sure if there's a seperate ground for the amps. You said your old stereo quit. What did it do exactly when you "quit"?
 
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The cd player quit and then the radio did and the power wire to the amp is purple on the ford wire harnessso i will try that . thanks
 

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I was talking about the adapter harness. On that harness there will be a blue remote wire, it leads to the factory amp system. You need to hook the remote wire from the head unit to that wire. If your adapter harness is missing that, then you'll have to hook it straight to the car's harness.
 
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If all else fails, leave it disconnected and run down to your local hometown owned audio shop, don't do the best buy thing. Just ask them if they can come out and take a look to tell you if it's right. I tend to trust the hometown owned guys rather than others.
 
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Thanks guys i will do the wiring thing and if that does not help i will do the stereo shop.
 

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Check the underhood fuses while you're at it. I want to say the Mach fuses are in the underhood fusebox.
 
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If you lost the cover to the under dash fuse box, here's a diagram.
Mustang Image Host-MustangFuseBox.gif

And here's a diagram for under the hood.
http://www.nitrouswow.com/view.php/...gfuselayoutmustang9495underhoodfuses.gif.html

If you need any wire diagrams, they're here.
http://www.nitrouswow.com/gallery.php?gal=4
 

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Actually, the underhood cover doesn't tell you what each fuse is for, it just has numbers in it.
 
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I know, that's why I have a diagram
 
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checked all the fuses and power wires no power to the amp,i hook the remote wire up it all works now thanks for all your help.
 
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