Derekundrwd

My 86 coupe had a Bose am/fm/casette player in it and I decided to upgrade. I bought a Sony unit from Walmart, a Scosche Speaker Level Converter, wiring harness and dash mounting kit. I have all the wires from the Sony connected to the converter and harness but one dark blue wire that the instructions say is for the "Power Antenna". I have two possible wires left in the hole in the dash that could be for the antenna. Both of them have connectors on them; one red, one grey with a white stripe.

Here's the red one as it came off the Bose factory am/fm/casette unit:


Here's the red wire's connector before I disconnected it:


Here's the red wire and it's plug after removing the old Bose:


What's this red wire for?

Thanks!
Derek

vetteoz

That wire would be called PINK and from the circuit would appear to be the antenna control wire to the relay at rear

Derekundrwd

Thanks vetteoz! Much appreciated!

AGENT 86

That should be the power wire for Bose amp relay. The other pink in multi wire connector is for antenna relay, according to my FSM.

DinoBob

Correct. That wire is for the Bose amp. The antenna wire is in the bottom most of the three connectors that plug into the back. I used it to jumper in my iPod modulator.

Derekundrwd

Ok guys I do appreciate the help on this. Here's my last unidentified wire. It's got a black sheath as it comes out of the Bose radio and then plugs into a Grey wire with a white stripe.

Back of Bose radio with my finger on the suspect wire:


The color does not show up well here but it turns into this Grey with white stripe wire:


The front of the Bose:

AGENT 86

Dimmer control to HVAC controller.