Hi Everyone! I'm new here and just got a stereo for my truck (old one had been stolen from previous owner) and was getting ready to put it in when i realized that i don't know which wires on the truck are which. Does anyone have a wiring diagram or know where I might be able to find one?

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1988 XLT
Standard Cab

Did they cut off the harness???

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Sold:2005 XLT 4x4 Ext. Cab. 4.0
Sold:2004 XLT 4x2 Ext. Cab. 3.0

Yup. I have just a nice mess of wires. My wife found me a stereo on craigslist and i realized this morning that i have no idea how to install it.

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1988 XLT
Standard Cab

This is for 90-92...furthest back I could find...hopefully it is the same for yours:

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech...base_radio.pdf

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Sold:2005 XLT 4x4 Ext. Cab. 4.0
Sold:2004 XLT 4x2 Ext. Cab. 3.0

Thank you very much. I will try this tomorrow morning. I suppose as long as i get the right power i can figure out the others with trial and error correct?

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1988 XLT
Standard Cab

Yea...black is probably ground! haha

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Sold:2005 XLT 4x4 Ext. Cab. 4.0
Sold:2004 XLT 4x2 Ext. Cab. 3.0

COLOR POLARITY LOCATION
Battery GREEN/YELLOW (+) RADIO HARNESS
Accesory YELLOW/BLACK (+) RADIO HARNESS
Illumination BLUE/RED (+) RADIO HARNESS
LF Speaker (+) ORANGE/GREEN
LF Speaker (-) BLACK/WHITE
RF Speaker (+) WHITE/GREEN
RF Speaker (-) BLACK/WHITE
LR Speaker (+) PINK/GREEN
LR Speaker (-) PINK/BLUE
RR Speaker (+) PINK/BLUE
RR Speaker (-) GREEN/ORANGE
Amp Location NOT LIKELY
Steering Cntrls NO
Speed Cntrl NO
Radio Security NO

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2001 Ford Ranger Supercab (4dr), Oxford White, 4.0 Sohc, 4x4, Manual trans (hurst equipped), 4:10's, 3" body lift,33" rubbers, K&N drop in, Straight-pipe exhaust, ////ALPINE type R 10", kicker 1000watt, pioneer 5100ub deck, buckets and shorty console, nightshaded tails, 8k hid's, line of fire, and 6" kc slimlights in the grille.

tis will not help you at all but happened when i was wiring in my head unot because the wires where cut. the key was in the on pssistion like as if the truck was running and 2 wires touched where the radio hooks up and turned the truck over and started it. me and my buddy started cracking up laughing and where like wtf how do radio wires turn the engine over lol. was funny at the time.

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2000 ranger
2wd
3.0 so fast ha
2 and half inch exhaust with the biggest fart can in the world on it
and cold air intake filter.

wow.. the radio wires should have never cranked the motor... thats an odd one especially since the 12 constant only has a 15 ampf fuse and the switched 12 volt has a 10a.. that is super odd