Does the Facelift have a Power Post Under the Hood?
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Does the Facelift have a Power Post Under the Hood?
I have a 1996 XJS with the AJ16.
If I wanted to connect an amp and power it from the battery instead of going through the thinner wires brought to the OEM radio, is there a post I can grab it from somewhere under the hood?
Most cars that have batteries in difficult to access areas (like the trunk?) have posts that can be used to jump start the car. Is there anything under the hood that I can access through the firewall to tie in an amplifier?
Thanks.
If I wanted to connect an amp and power it from the battery instead of going through the thinner wires brought to the OEM radio, is there a post I can grab it from somewhere under the hood?
Most cars that have batteries in difficult to access areas (like the trunk?) have posts that can be used to jump start the car. Is there anything under the hood that I can access through the firewall to tie in an amplifier?
Thanks.
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I have a 1996 XJS with the AJ16.
If I wanted to connect an amp and power it from the battery instead of going through the thinner wires brought to the OEM radio, is there a post I can grab it from somewhere under the hood?
Most cars that have batteries in difficult to access areas (like the trunk?) have posts that can be used to jump start the car. Is there anything under the hood that I can access through the firewall to tie in an amplifier?
Thanks.
If I wanted to connect an amp and power it from the battery instead of going through the thinner wires brought to the OEM radio, is there a post I can grab it from somewhere under the hood?
Most cars that have batteries in difficult to access areas (like the trunk?) have posts that can be used to jump start the car. Is there anything under the hood that I can access through the firewall to tie in an amplifier?
Thanks.
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Those posts go right through the firewall so it is possible to pickup the power inside the cabin, but l am not sure how easy it is to access them inside.
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I've looked but never found them. I think they're pretty well buried behind the blower motor assemblies.
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And probably well insulated to avoid inadvertent
contact with other stuff under there.
On my somewhat similar, and somewhat very different car, I found a thin
patch of metal over the pedals and just over one of the posts. I needed to
slip in a couple of wires from engine bay to the cabin. Not from the power post,
though. Works fine.
I don't mess with "fawncy" sound. Ears are not anywhere good enough.
Now, the Jaguar system does just fine as the "weird" system in my Jeep.
Just center all toggles!!!!!
Tuning from station to station is extra unneeded fawncy. Scan and seek????
Carl
Carl
contact with other stuff under there.
On my somewhat similar, and somewhat very different car, I found a thin
patch of metal over the pedals and just over one of the posts. I needed to
slip in a couple of wires from engine bay to the cabin. Not from the power post,
though. Works fine.
I don't mess with "fawncy" sound. Ears are not anywhere good enough.
Now, the Jaguar system does just fine as the "weird" system in my Jeep.
Just center all toggles!!!!!
Tuning from station to station is extra unneeded fawncy. Scan and seek????
Carl
Carl
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Needless to say, make 200% sure that you disconnect the battery to do this work. I must warn you that soldering rather thick wires with a heavy duty iron is no joke under that very limited room environment down there. Also, remember that highly reliable insulation of your job is paramount. When I did my engine start button install I had to work under there with those big wires and it was testing, but totally doable.
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Or you can always find a path through the firewall somewhere and then just run a wire from that side's battery post to inside where your amp is. It's doable; by now I must have at least three points of entry on my firewall with all the jobs l've done, so maybe this is the easier way to do this.
Cheers,
Cheers,