I picked up an base FD a couple weeks ago w/ a stock headunit (non-Bose). Headunit used to play tapes, radio was nothing but static. Now, the headunit doesn't even turn on. It's getting some power, since the time still shows on the display, but the unit doesn't turn on. I've checked the fuse box under the hood on the driver's side plus the fuse box near the dead pedal, but all those look fine.

So my current task at hand is to figure out why the headunit doesn't turn on anymore. After that, I'll need to figure out what happened to the antenna lead. Any ideas, guys?

 

OK, found the blown fuse. I must've missed it working in the dark last night. Now I'm left with the problem of finding the signal wire for the antenna mast. I'm looking behind the deck and can't find the big and small antenna wires that everyone refers to. Are they typically tucked somewhere out of sight? I'd rather not tear out the whole interior to trace a single wire from trunk to console!

 

Look towards the right, on the passenger side. That's where I remember it being when I installed a new source unit.

 

SpeedKing: Thx! I'll take a look tonight. For the main antenna, am I looking for a male plug?Socket? Spade connector?

 

Found the antenna wires behind the lower left panel on the passenger side. There's one wire with a female antenna plug and one shielded coax wire. Coax wire has stranded copper shielding and a single copper strand running through the middle. Any ideas which one goes to the antenna mast?

 

I thought I noticed that coax line going up toward the hatch window's antenna. So, it's probably the motorola-style connector for the power antenna mast.