Clock Wiring Help - Putting Back Together

[djzimms]

I'm guessing the wires go 2 to 1 same color except the green ones. Theres no where else for the power to go from the clock.

That was my first intuition as welll and what I first tried. Some things I tried shorted the fuse to the tail light, but I I recall correctly, I think when I matched up, the clock actually got no power. I started thinking back to when I first cut them a year and a half ago and I remember different wires being matched up and assumed as you said it pertained to when acc and dome light were on and connected I think the blue wires with the green power wires and I did get the clock to power up, but it kept resetting to 1:00 and draining the battery while it sat. Perhaps I was on the right track but connected the wrong blue wires to the wrong green wires and cross crossed the setup? I suppose connect the wrong greens to the appropriate greens could also create an issue, but maybe not since they’re both connected to the same terminal?

 

[djzimms]

I noticed that the blue and yellow wires, one has single gray dashes and one has double. The blue/yellow coming from the dash has double, so I connected those and then connected the single dash blue/yellow to one of the green power wires. This allows the clock to turn on when I turn the lights on, but the clock isn’t running with acc on. https://photos.app.goo.gl/5eFvNk9QfuYW1Loj1

 

[djzimms]

Switching the single dot blue to the opposite green wire again does the same effect. In both cases, the dome light isn’t turning on.

 

[djzimms]

Oh boy, next, for the sake of testing random things, I connected the double dot blue/yellow to the black and white and I’m able to turn on the dome light, but only when the car lights are turned on

 

[djzimms]

Trying to switch it up, connecting the single dot blue/yellow to the black and white and the double dot B/Y to the green I had it connected to on the last attempt blue a fuse. The tail light fuse.

 

[djzimms]

Solved! So, going back to your original double to single connection I got it to work. Must have mixed up the green power wires and that must make a difference. Thanks for your insights and not taking the insulting route.

 

[JohnVee]

@djzimms or anyone else here - can the clock bezel be removed from the front of the dash to get to the clock, or does the dash need to come out?

 

[djzimms]

@djzimms or anyone else here - can the clock bezel be removed from the front of the dash to get to the clock, or does the dash need to come out?

The ac vent plastic piece comes out. There’s tabs attached to the ac vent though that are easy to bust if you don’t stick something sharp in to release those tabs, two top, two bottom evenly spaced. Not a big deal though, can’t even tell if you do bust those. Otherwise it’s just tabs that pull straight out.

 

[Malleus]

Your problem reading the schematics is simply that the circuit diagrams are LOGICAL diagrams, not ACTUAL diagrams. For example,

the junction connectors listed in the diagram above aren't really separate from the physical 4-pin connectors the wires terminate in; they're immediately next to the terminals. You can see them sticking out of the back of the connectors.

You can't connect the wrong green wires to the wrong terminals, they're daisy chained. The current flows from one into the other. As long as the connections you make are to the same COLOR wires, everything should work as before. If it doesn't, you have other problems.

HTH

 

[Malleus]

@djzimms or anyone else here - can the clock bezel be removed from the front of the dash to get to the clock, or does the dash need to come out?

Here you go John

The '95 and later models have the removable center console, so you just have to pull that and the radio. Then you have to reach up behind the crossmember and get at the clock. Meat hooks won't get in there though.

5 clips, just like the FSM says. You really need the trim tools though, IMHO.

 

[madisonr34]

Solved! So, going back to your original double to single connection I got it to work. Must have mixed up the green power wires and that must make a difference. Thanks for your insights and not taking the insulting route.

Glad to help. Like I said before, your clock wiring is totally different from mine. Ours rigs both being 97s. Maybe your rig was destined to have some sort of factory option installed and it never happened.