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external amp location 900 1992

Hi all,
I am trying to find the external amp on my 92 940. Where is it ! A previous owner had an aftermarket radio and bypassed the amp. I need to access the amp to replug the radio/amp cord. It looks like they hooked the aftermarket radio direct to the speakers as there are mogrel wires that are not oem. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Robi








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    external amp location 900 1992

    The amp on my 91 940se was located behind the knee bolster on the driver's side. a real pain to get to. Its almost directly under the steering wheel, but a little further back. hope this helps.








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      external amp location 900 1992

      Yes it does...Thank You!








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        external amp location 900 1992

        Also, the amp is a silver box, maybe 3” x 3” x 1”, with silver fins all around it. You’ll need to be laying such that your shoulders are on the driver’s floorboard to see it, and have a flashlight with you. From that position (looking up), it'll be just to the right of the steering column.

        What are you putting in? If you are going back to the OEM radio (which I don’t recommend, good aftermarket CD players are very cheap these days), just look up at the amp and pray that the previous owner used a harness. If so, just unplug it and plug the car’s connecter back into the amp, and you are set. Just leave the harness there in case you want to put in an aftermarket in the future. If they didn’t use a harness and snipped off the plug going into the amp, you’ll have to reconnect the wires which will be a pain in the butt… or put in an aftermarket radio.

        If you are going to put in an aftermarket radio you won't need the amp of course, but you will need to figure out which wires are for which speaker. You can do this buy just connecting them and testing them, or you can get on the floor, look at the harness and pull on each wire, then marking the wire that moves in the radio slot.








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          external amp location 900 1992

          Thanks for all that. I was trying to put back an OEM radio that had been pulled out when the aftermarket one was put in. I pulled the panels and found where the amp used to be. They had removed it when they put in the aftermarket rig. I had to pay $32 for an amp. I put that in and plugged the wires in and it worked. I will have to dress up the old wires...but will leave them in case. You have a good suggestion about the newer radios. I appreciate your help!







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