While cleaning the interior (with the battery disconnected) I noticed a wire that just didn't look right.
The wire looks like it WAS solid white... that would be +12 volt constant (not switched) and really needs to be checked out before putting the battery back in.
Following back to the other end of the harness, I see this. The wire looks to be melted for it's full length. Melting wires inside a bundle of wires can be a VERY bad thing. With out a complete disassembly and inspection, you have no idea what wires are shorted to what other wires.
I pulled the harness from the car and removed the melted wire. It did damage a few other wires, a little bit. Mostly just deformed and discolored bit about three spots could have shorted to +12v constant hot. (I had started this car!)
Besides repairing the damaged wires and replacing the melted one, I modified the harness, adding an additional switch to the switched power to the radio. It has a position to turn off the radio without messing with the actual radio. (Some newer after-market radios are very hard to turn off so this is the main reason for this mod,) The added switch will also let the radio work without the ignition being on, or as normal.
While the harness was out, I put bullet connectors on the radio wires. It will be fairly easy to install a radio. (I now use these connectors anytime I install a radio. Makes them easy to move from car to car.) Notice the on/off/on switch. Up is normal, down allows the radio to work with no key. The center position removed switched power from the radio.
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