thats not a bad idea, but best buy will charge you 85 in labor since your factory harness has been hacked. 50 for regular install, 30 for hardwiring the deck to your car, and 5 dollar materials charge. I'm an installer at best buy so i can get you the best info on that.

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1989 Ford Ranger XLT: Extended Cab, 2.9 V6, 5-Speed
MECP Advanced Certified Mobile Electronics Installer

oh really? that blows, I called them last night and they said $55, and I asked "is that a flat rate no matter what you gotta go through ? " and the guy said yeah. I guess he was lying.

that sucks as I don't really want to pay someone to do something that SHOULD be really easy. lol. thanks for the advice.

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1986 Ranger. 2.3L 5 speed manual.

yeah just let bestbuy do it.. dont need your truck blowing up

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2001 ford ranger XLT/4.0 sohc./160,000
Mods:Cb/recon third brake light/air silencer mod/new door speakers and h/u / shorty console, 245-75-16 goodyear wrangler duratracs on rock crawler rims. hellas and 03 honeycomb grille.

EDGEMAN4.0 FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!

yeah, you gotta be specific sometimes, like on a taurus, its hell just to put a cd player in, gotta swap climate controls and rund stuff from the trunk tuner up to the dash and yeah... but its still 55+parts if applicable. but if the factory plugs has been hacked its extra. mainly because its such a pain. now if the factory plug was left in there and an integration harness was used it'd be a different story.

you mentioned that you had gotten an accurate wiring diagram, if every was indeed wired correctly and you did not get power, check the fuses. sometimes there is more than one fuse for the radio circuit.

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1989 Ford Ranger XLT: Extended Cab, 2.9 V6, 5-Speed
MECP Advanced Certified Mobile Electronics Installer

Good idea, I'll check the fuses thanks.

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1986 Ranger. 2.3L 5 speed manual.

Guys...
I'm a real dummy.

I had two fuses blown, tested it and it works now I just have to securely mount the ground wire and pop in the deck.

THanks for your help.

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1986 Ranger. 2.3L 5 speed manual.