WTFrenchToast

Hey guys, I'm new here. I've been driving my dad's 94 2WD pickup around since I sold my Civic 7 months ago. It's not officially mine, but I drive it everyday and it was just sitting in the driveway rotting away, so I'm just gonna pretend it's mine. It has about 234k miles on the original motor/trans and even clutch I believe. I'm saving up to do some maintenance on it, which I would also like some input on. But I'll get to that later.

The main things bothering me at the moment is the stuff I mentioned in the title. I'm not sure when it happened but the radio, cig lighter, and climate control lights don't work. It's really starting to get annoying not having a radio, even on short drives. I checked the 7.5 amp radio fuse under the dash and it's fine. I don't know what else it can be. Any help would be appreciated.


And any tips on what kind of maintenance I should do would be nice. It seems to drive fine but it sputters a bit at medium rpm when it's cold, not sure what that's about. I'm thinking about doing the basics- oil change, spark plugs & wires, fuel filter, air filter, distributor cap & rotor, and check if the brakes need changing. I'd really like to replace the clutch and resurface the flywheel because it doesn't feel too strong. It's fine for now but I think it will drive a lot better with a new clutch.

Here's a few pics I took really quick just to give you guys an idea of what it looks like. Sorry it's a bit dirty right now. I usually keep it really clean.

justin_4runner

so the first thing is to see if u have 12 volts at the cig/lighter and radio, if u have power then check ur grounds,

WTFrenchToast

That sounds pretty simple, I don't know why I didn't think of that honestly. Sorry if this is kind of a dumb question, but where would the grounds for those be?

socal_style

As mentioned above, start with a test for power. If no power look to see where the power is failing to flow (broken wire, pinched wire, short). If you have power try adding a temp ground with a wire to some alligator clips if that works, a ground may have come lose somewhere. Look around under the plastics.

Oh yeah, when you go your tune up, you should consider replacing the coolant.

WTFrenchToast

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll give it a shot tomorrow when there's light.