Bongo Fury

My bongo never had a stereo fitted when I got it and I'm only just getting around to fitting one, but wasn't getting any power at all to the stereo...Turns out that the fuse was removed for the constant 12v, and that power was being used for the coolant alarm instead. Got that side of things sorted out now, but still not getting any ignition power to tell the stereo to turn on and off. There was a wire connected to the leisure battery terminal (no leisure battery fitted at the moment) which was labelled as "stereo", so I have a feeling the ignition feed has been cut/spliced in to somewhere. But there is aftermarket wiring all over the place that I'm slowly working my way through, so hard to trace where it does. Should I just add a new ignition feed? Or where does the ignition feed come from? The fuse box? The ignition barrel? TIA

The constant +12v is from the top row far left fuse 10 Amp, and the Ignition switched Aux feed for radio and several other things is top row far right 15 Amp. Its normal to remove the fuses and extend the lower connection across to the LB, along with the two sets of blinds feed which are again top row 2nd & 3rd from right. Suggest you initially remove any extra wires and replace the fuses, then it will be back to standard, you can always fit a LB later and swap the four feeds again later.

g8dhe wrote: Thu Aug 07, 2025 6:40 pm The constant +12v is from the top row far left fuse 10 Amp, and the Ignition switched Aux feed for radio and several other things is top row far right 15 Amp. Its normal to remove the fuses and extend the lower connection across to the LB, along with the two sets of blinds feed which are again top row 2nd & 3rd from right. Suggest you initially remove any extra wires and replace the fuses, then it will be back to standard, you can always fit a LB later and swap the four feeds again later.

Thanks. I have it all working now...Multiple fuses were missing with random wires just shoved in to where the fuses should be, so I have ordered some bits to wire the coolant alarm in correctly. From what I can tell, all the other wires go under the bonnet to leisure battery related things which I will be redoing from scratch any way, so most things won't need to be wired back up. Just got to trace where they go and remove them.