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my truck had radio delete. Where should I splice for the 12v wire?

I picked up the wire to the dome light. It is a 12volt fused power source.

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Kinda depends on if your radio will have a digital clock, memory etc etc. If that is the case you need to hook it to something that is constantley hot. If not then any hot that comes on when you turn the key should work.

hook the power wire into a 12v wire that comes hot when the key is on...... hook the memory wire into something like the lighter wire, which stays hot. Reverse light wire works for that too.,

i dont know about on luvs, but i hooked up a few stereos, and the one that i hooked up that never had a radio, it still had a fuse, with a wire that went somewere, but i just cut it and put a butt connector on it. you might be able to tap into the wire that goes to the light switch for a constant.

If you are gonna run high powered stuff, I would run a new wire out the firewall around where the hood cable goes and then go from there to the battery. Make sure that you put some kind of noize retard circuit on it to keep down the whine from the alternator.

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I wish my radio worked, then i could be in on this discussion..... ..........

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if it is like all luvs it prolly has the same wiring harness as all of them.
the radio wire is prolly already in there. look for a white plug with a blue wire going into it behind the cigarette ashtray.

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How come they always make the antenna wire so darn short!

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