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Thanks Pete - That's useful decoding. It's been so long since I looked at a wiring diagram that I'd forgotten it was all colour coded! If the RY gives the signal in to the sub then I may need to splice that into a speaker output wire to pick up a signal, perhaps? I can't believe that the clarion tape deck of 20 years ago was sufficiently sophisticated as to have a dedicated low frequency output!

Thanks for the wiring diagram - unfortunately I'm hopeless at decoding them. If I can dismantle it, or hit it with a copper hammer, I'm fine. If it involves wires, not so much... And thanks too Bobtail - I've got as far as getting power to it with a light red/orange wire spliced to the back-up ignition feed in the stereo loom so getting some power from there The earth is screwed to the back of the H/U. That just causes the fast popping helicopter noise so I guess the (other) black wire needs to go somewhere but god only knows where. Given it's such a basic system in principle, it can't believe it's impossible to cheat it into working with a newer head unit!

Hi all I've just fitted a far better head unit to the car to replace the mid-line Clarion radio cassette. I know there has been a bit of chatter around this topic before, but I just wanted some clarity. How can I make the factory sub and little amp in the boot work with my head unit!! It's ample for my needs so I'm not keen on ripping out and fitting a new system, so trying this first. The old loom has two ISO plugs, which are accommodated by the supplied adapter harness and then the dreaded third pink plug which does something to the sub. It is a long thin plug, with two wires coming from it, and an earth. I'm guessing that this provides power to the sub amp. How do I, and onto what, do I need to splice these two wires wires to make the sub work again. With a bit of experimenting I thought I had it but instead all I got was the sub sounding like a helicopter - just going 'pop-pop-pop-pop' rapidly and with no volume control. Any ideas?! Thanks!

Hello team - really hoping somebody can help before I do my absolute nut and or pointlessly rip apart the car. Pretty sure I have a bad earth problem - it manifests itself as follows: Headlights flicker and pulse - not dramatically, but enough. When I flash or go from dip to main beam more often than not, the stereo and the speedo drop out momentarily. This problem is worse when the spoiler driving lamps are on (mine come on with main beam). The heater fan falters (speed goes up and down) in tandem with the headlights pulsing - you can hear it doing it with the lights off driving along, too, but when the lights are on you get a visual cue too. Pulsing lights and heater seem to worsen when the brake pedal is applied. The radio will cut out then in when just driving along. This seems to be worse when cold and almost guaranteed to happen if I hit a pot hole - again the heater will flutter at the same time. It's had a new battery and a new alternator but, perhaps key, complete front inner wing rebuild including new lights (both headlight and spoiler). The rebuild went all the way back into the footwells and the A-Posts at the bulkhead. Given the issue is on the radio, the lights, the heater and the speedo, I'm guessing it's a pretty big earth I'm missing somewhere. Before I play detective can anybody shed light on the following: Does this sound like an earth issue, or am I barking up the wrong tree and if it is earths, where are the main earth points on a '95 RRC 300tdi?! I know the little buggers are everywhere so any help on locations hugely appreciated! Alternatively, if it isn't earths, what on earth (no pun intended) am I looking at. Thanks to all