I need your help finding the wiring diagram for my 97 Dodge Pickup. I already have the wiring harness, I need the color code that is coming out of my truck. If anyone can help, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you. 8D
Thanks,
Gucci33
I am looking for the stereo wiring diagram, I need the color codes... I can't tell what the wires coming out of my car are for. I already have the wiring harness and I understand that. I just don't know the wires coming out of the car. thanks for your reply.
Thanks,
Gucci33
From what I understand, you have the aftermarket harness that plugs into your factory harness, and you want to know your car's factory color codes. This aftermarket harness is color coded, and should be labeled on the package as to which wire does what (yellow= constant, etc.). Plug this harness into your factory harness and make note of where each wire goes, as well as color, and function. This should give you what you need. You can always double check with a multimeter. Another website with useful info is
www.installdr.com. It has the color codes of different manufacturers.
I do not have the factory plug, it is bare wires. Please help.
Sincerely,
Gucci33
Did you check out www.installdr.com in my previous post? https://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/DCP-Wiring.pdf If that doesn't help, and you don't have the Infinity system, you should be able to identify the leads (even speakers) with a multimeter since you don't have a factory amp. Using your multimeter on DC voltage, check for the wire with 12 volt power always on (put the negative probe to a ground like the key ring or cigarette lighter rim and the positive probe to your candidate wire). When you find the wire with 12 volts, this is your constant/memory wire, so go ahead and mark/label it. Now check for the wire with power when the key is on- this will be your accessory wire, mark it.
Switching your meter to the resistance scale, keep one of your leads connected to ground (cigarette lighter rim) and with the other, probe your candidate wires. When you come up with a reading of low resistance, turn on your headlights to verify this is not your dimmer wire (if you have one). If the reading does not change, you have identified your ground wire, mark it.
Speakers can be found by process of elimination. Keeping your meter set to resistance, touch pairs of wires until you find around 4 ohms, indicating a speaker. As you find them, touch one lead of the pair to one post one a 9 volt battery, and the other lead to the other post. You should hear a pop. Make a note of which speaker this was. If you pop a speaker, and the cone moves out, toward you, the polarity is correct. This means the wire touching the positive battery terminal is the positive lead, and vice versa. If the cone moves away from you, then the polarity is reversed. The wire touching the positive post is your negative lead for that speaker, and so forth. It is much easier to have a helper physically watch the cones when you pop the speakers. The difference is audibly noticable, but not to a large degree, and probably not to the untamed ear.