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   Message 124,734 of 124,944   
   Michael Trew to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: Car Radio Repair   
   17 Jul 25 11:23:19   
   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 7/16/2025 4:37 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-07-16 18:20, Michael Trew wrote:   
   >> Hello,   
   >>   
   >> I bought an old Ford Ranger digital AM clock radio from a pull-a-part.   
   >> I was surprised to learn that they bothered to make an AM-only digital   
   >> radio by the 90's.  One would think after analog radios, it would have   
   >> been cheaper to make all the "new" digital radios AM and FM.  I figure   
   >> it's rare to see one of these AM radios today, not replaced.   
   >>   
   >> Someone chopped the radio wiring harness in my truck (I wish I saved   
   >> the harness from the yard).  I wired another harness in, but I somehow   
   >> shorted the hot wire off of the radio ground, I believe.  It make a   
   >> quick spark at first, and now the radio doesn't function.  The back-   
   >> light will illuminate when the headlights are turned on, but that's it.   
   >   
   > Maybe there is a fuse inside.   
   >   
   >   
      
   I didn't see one, but I might have overlooked.  I'll have to tear into   
   it, and share pictures if I can't figure it out.   
      
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