July 28, 200817 yr Call me brave or foolish, but I'd like to take my 1993 Legacy on a 10 hour road trip in a couple of days. I'd like to have some tunes, but the radio hasn't worked since I bought it. I started diagnosing the trouble today, and there's no power at the fuse block to the fuses that power radio, height, or mirrors/cigar. All the fuses in the main fuse block are good. Any bright ideas? If not, can anybody suggest a handy and safe circuit I can splice the stereo into? I'm a total Suby noobie, but any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, the fine folks over at Audiokarma.org referred me here.
July 28, 200817 yr Hi and welcome. I would look at the rear of the fuse block and see if your problem is corrosion or a broken wire. nipper
July 28, 200817 yr The older Subarus had 4 fusible links under the hood near the battery that controlled 4 different main circuits. Your model I believe does not have the fusible links but rather relays. I'd check them. Bet one is bad.
July 28, 200817 yr Fuses 2, 3, and 17 are tied to the areas you mention and others. They tie to a red/yel wire going to pin 2 of the ignition switch. It appears that section of the switch is bad or a connection point to it. The other side of the switch ties to SBF-4 (main panel under the hood) on a blk/yel wire.
July 28, 200817 yr Author Thank you guys so much for the help and suggestions! I looked at pulling the ignition switch and it looked like more work than I had time for before my trip. For temporary tunes, I went ahead and ran a fused lead directly from the positive battery terminal. I'm good to go as long as I remember to turn the stereo off when the engine's not running!
July 28, 200817 yr You're welcome for the help. When you get time you can check things out further on the switch. Drive on!
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