My 94 has the premium stereo with a factory amp. Does anyone know where it is located? Radio quit working today, but new headunit and speakers. Headunit still works fine so I think my amp went
Factory amp location
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funnyman06
Full Access Member
Id say look under the seats, they like to place amps there. But im not exactly sure where it is.
Blind Driver2
Full Access Member
When you find it, working or not, throw that circa '94 junk in the trash
flareside_thun
Reviving The General Tao
x2 on under the seats....
Not under seats
flareside_thun
Reviving The General Tao
It's in a box under the dash....just asked someone.
Any idea on the side? Drivers? Middle near radio or behind glove box?
Russ
Idont do injectors
If its the same as my 97 its on the driverside of the dash, kinda under the radio. Follow the harness from the radio and you should find it.
brdmh44
Midwest Chopper
You can visit an electronics store and purchase a bypass harness if you don't want to use the factory amp anymore. My suggestion would be to follow the wiring harness from the radio to the amp itself.
brdmh44
Midwest Chopper
"Works! I know this post is older, but if anyone else comes across it in their search for a fix to the same issue, read this thread from start to finish. On the 96 F250, You'll see the factory AMP located under the dash above and just right of the gas pedal. (Somewhere in that area) Another sure way to find it is moving the factory in-dash wiring harness for the head unit around. You'll see the proper harness moving under the dash and you will see that it plugs in to the silver factory AMP. However, if you are lucky enough, you don't even need to see where this is located. If your head unit has the remote wire (blue) just hook it up to the blue remote wire on the wiring harness you purchased to install your new head unit. (Should be marked AMP). Basically, just hook the head unit up to the aftermarket harness you purchased, not leaving anything out and don't leave the remote unhooked as you normally would without needing to power another device. Hook the remote up as if you were sending an on/off signal to your aftermarket AMP for subs. No different. bad12jr shows an excellent illustration of the after market harness in this thread and is dead on with his instruction. Like he says, if it will not work straight up, wire the blue to the red. Just make sure, somehow, that your factory AMP is powering off when you turn the vehicle off. "
Found on another forum, hope this helps
Found on another forum, hope this helps
I did wire it right, just hope it is a loose wire or Plug. Before I would hit a bump and volume would change. Well I hit a pothole today( imagine that) and it got quiet and then nothing
Diesel_brad
Dunce
It is straight up from the throttle pedal. Silver box about 6x8. Has 2 plugs going into it. They are a common thing to go bad on the premium sound system. Collis sells the for $35 when they have them
brdmh44
Midwest Chopper
I had an issue like that in my '86 - turned out to be my "key on" wire was too small for the load the radio was drawing....ran a thicker wire and problem solved. It was strange how it worked!
I would hit a bump and it would shut off or flash - if I tried turning it up more, it would shut off or stop playing.
Just something else to think about.
I would hit a bump and it would shut off or flash - if I tried turning it up more, it would shut off or stop playing.
Just something else to think about.
Thanks brad, will call around
