Eletrical Problem
 

ok i just bought a 94 manual 3.4 camaro ok first that has drivin me nuts is pretty much everytime i turn my car off the radio clock goes back to 12:00 then when i shift i get static in the speakers.

those 2 drive me crazy and the last thing is my stereo really sucks why cant i get in any stations everything is static???

Any help from anyone

maybe your antenna is unplugged...theres probably loose wires behind it if your clock is resetting, and your speakers and static, and you cant get stations.

ok well i have tookin alot out to figure this out first it is a retractable antana it has the wire for the antanas yet there is no wire coming to give it power so it wont go up so how can i wire that in there is 3 wires comming off the motor


and im gettin some stations now that i fixed some stuff

factory or aftermarket radio? It sounds like teh battery wire to the radio is unhooked (check both radio fuses which may also be the one for teh antennae) if aftermarket pull it out and make sure everything is hooked up

no no nook i have the antena cable gogin back to the antana yet the power cable that goes back to the antena to work the motor (which has 3 wires on the plug orange black and green i think) is not there there is no cable running back to it at all where does that wire come from and how can i run a new one

which one isn't hooked up? Green is trigger, orange battery, and black is ground

ok it has the plug coming from the motor yet there is nothing to plug that plug inot there is NO WIRES going back to the antena excpet the antena wire itself so where do i run these 3 wires from (black orange and green)

well that is actually normal. 3.4s didnt have an option for power antenna, so theres no harness going back there. it seems whoever had it last installed a power antenna without hooking it up. ive installed a power antenna on a 3.4 so i can help ya out.

well that solves your static issue, but the clock reset sounds like a bad battery connection. make sure your battery terminals are connected properly and completely.

as for the shifting thing, when you press the clutch to shift the RPMs drop and that would slow the alternator so im guessing theres something with the alternator or battery...

either way, take it to a shop. the shop i work at has an interstate tester that can test the whole charging system and its only about $30 to test...might be free elsewhere.

i wokr on cars so i can do all that yet where are the wires going to be come from for thew power antena so i can wire them in though thats all i neeed

well you have to tap into a power source and a ground. i used the cigarette lighter. the red wire from the antenna is power, slice a red wire (or any color, just make sure it ends up on the red one from the antenna) to the red wire to the cigarette lighter. do the same for the black wire on the cigarette lighter and connect that to the black wire on the antenna. the green wire is the turn-on wire. i ran mine to a switch that i mounted under my radio, but there is a wire behind the radio that i believe is orange. this wire will raise the antenna whenever the key is on.. there is another wire, i forget which color, that will raise the antenna only when the radio is on...so if you figure out which one that would work best.

i ran all these wires behind the radio, under the glovebox, then behind the passenger side kick panel that runs along the door sill. after that i ran it behind the rear seat side panels and up to the antenna. its fairly simple...

well that helps out alot i had all that ripped out today i wish i woulda known all this earlyer and yes i think it is orange which is power on the radio that should work now i just gotta rip it all apart again and run more wire lol thank alot man