This information might have been too late to help, but if you want to take a look its about hardwiring radar detectors.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/59975-anyone-hardwire-radar-detector-yet.html#post496983
Its been two years or so, but with mpotter's help on where the power and ground was I made myself an inviscord out of telephone wire, heat shrink tubes, and some crimp connectors/metal prongs all bought from Radio shack. By the way, my DIY invisicord still works great!
In this case after you fix everything, you might want to buy an invisicord. Or if you really like DIY, this is your opportunity to teach yourself how to solder. I don't remember which two colored wires I used for my invisicord, but do know that there is supposedly a matching pair with telephone cables + and -. Took me a while researching this to find out.
As for wiring and things electronic, I'll tell you about the first time I tried to make myself a invisicord. This was for a Tacoma, which wasn't mine. I didn't have the pinout for power and ground so I decided to just shoot blindly and plug it in and hope for the best. The tacoma had about 8 or so places to put the pins in, and on one of the tries I ended up blowing a fuse. BOOM! No AC, Check engine lights, Odometer wasn't working, power rearview mirror wasn't working, etc. Freaked me out. On top of that battery started to die and wouldn't crank. Not knowing what was going on since this was my first time blowing a fuse, I headed over to the auto parts place and guy said I needed a new battery. OK $100 some later, same problem. Guy said I might need an alternator. More money down the drain.... It wasn't until a couple days later and some searching over the Tacoma forums that I found out that I should check the fuse... Took a multimeter and checked. Found the fuse, replaced it for a couple $ and kept the blown one as a memento. The lesson I learned from this, always see if someone else has done something similar online. This is one reason why I like these forums. The tacoma site has plenty of info which I found right away and face palmed myself for not thinking of something so easy, and this 4Runner forum also has great info.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/59975-anyone-hardwire-radar-detector-yet.html#post496983
Its been two years or so, but with mpotter's help on where the power and ground was I made myself an inviscord out of telephone wire, heat shrink tubes, and some crimp connectors/metal prongs all bought from Radio shack. By the way, my DIY invisicord still works great!
In this case after you fix everything, you might want to buy an invisicord. Or if you really like DIY, this is your opportunity to teach yourself how to solder. I don't remember which two colored wires I used for my invisicord, but do know that there is supposedly a matching pair with telephone cables + and -. Took me a while researching this to find out.
As for wiring and things electronic, I'll tell you about the first time I tried to make myself a invisicord. This was for a Tacoma, which wasn't mine. I didn't have the pinout for power and ground so I decided to just shoot blindly and plug it in and hope for the best. The tacoma had about 8 or so places to put the pins in, and on one of the tries I ended up blowing a fuse. BOOM! No AC, Check engine lights, Odometer wasn't working, power rearview mirror wasn't working, etc. Freaked me out. On top of that battery started to die and wouldn't crank. Not knowing what was going on since this was my first time blowing a fuse, I headed over to the auto parts place and guy said I needed a new battery. OK $100 some later, same problem. Guy said I might need an alternator. More money down the drain.... It wasn't until a couple days later and some searching over the Tacoma forums that I found out that I should check the fuse... Took a multimeter and checked. Found the fuse, replaced it for a couple $ and kept the blown one as a memento. The lesson I learned from this, always see if someone else has done something similar online. This is one reason why I like these forums. The tacoma site has plenty of info which I found right away and face palmed myself for not thinking of something so easy, and this 4Runner forum also has great info.
