FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

Hi,

Have Wired in New CD player and everything works fine, right up to when I press the brake pedal or Turn the Lights on , when the bloody things turns it self off then starts up again about 5 to 10 seconds later right where it left off from.

Very humurous the first few times , but after a few goes at fixing it , ( redoing the earth connection & power supply ) it still happens , I,m getting frustrated.
Anyway the car has been rewired by previous owner,so some suggestions would be great,

cheers Griffo.

If your earth is good, double check where you are getting the power from, if necessary run a new power wire.

Thanks for the reply Stinky,

but where would be the best place to get a new power supply from ?

As you can tell I,m not an expert in these things

Griffo,

Your stretching things now ;D I am really no expert, I only rewired my car with a kit.

Depends if you want the radio to operate all the time or just with the ignition.

For all the time you can go straight to the battery if you like. Other wise you will to find a "hot" wire under the dash or in the fuse panel that you can tap into.

For ignition only, use a test light to find the said wire or fuse panel point that is hot when the ignition is on and off when ignition is off.

Whatever you do make sure the wire to the radio is fused, one way or another.

Is it a custom wiring job or re-wired original?

I,ll have a go at finding a "hot" wire on the weekend
fused of course , Would much prefer that it only worked when ignition turned on so as not to forget and leave on.
The car looks to be custom wired , i.e. battery in the boot and they have tried to conceal wiring etc.
It was suggested to me that I check the cars earth , do you think that this could have something to do with it ?

Griffo

Yes check the earth - use a set jumper lead from the -ve to the car body and then test. If ok replace or run a seperate wire from the -ve to the body Around 3mm diameter.

Andrew

Griffo,

On a stock FE/FC ignition switch there is an 'ACC' position but it just supplies full time positive 12VDC. If you want a true accessory position you will need to replace the original switch with something from a later model.

You should always run a separate earth cable to vehicle ground and never rely on the radio chassis to dash contact for earth. Not sure if you did it this way, but if you have find a good earth point on the body, remove any paint and screw your earth into position.

For the positive run a 10 amp fused wire direct to the ignition switch, wiring in an FE/FC is very basic to say the least so you need to go direct rather than by using one of the existing circuits.

Cheers,

Craig.

does anyone else do this, I alway thought acc was between on and off, its sometimes tricky to get it on as its a very small spot between on and off.
everyone says FC's dont have acc but I refuse to believe and continue to use acc.
if you wire up the stereo to the acc position, then slowly turn the switch till the stereo comes on, you will know if you have turned the switch to far because the reds come on, if they come on slowly turn it back till they go back out or you might cook your coil.
Be carefull if you are running larger subs, I had 1 kicker 400w 12" in the back and if you left it loud unattended it would sometimes vibrate the switch into the on position meaning the coil was getting powered.