Stereo wiring plus

Maybe it's my OCD talking, but I'd call that a mess of wires

So a few days before Christmas I decided to really dive into the mess of wires behind the stereo.  After some confusion I figured out that one of the previous owners must have had an amplifier and cd-changer in the trunk - along with a different set of 6x9s then is currently in there.  That equipment was obviously hastily removed before he car was sold so now I get to clean up the mess.  Thankfully in the land of ipods and mp3s I'll never need to worry about disc-changers again so I pulled those wires out.  I also clipped and wrapped some other wires that may be of use in the future.  For now I've left the basic speaker wires in and have made it my goal to merely get the stereo working.  You can't cruise without music.  I'm hoping to get back out there in the next day or two and get everything hooked back up.  It's not the most exciting project but I need a small victory before I move forward on some of the other repairs.

Gauges and stereo

So in an attempt to fix my tachometer I pulled the gauge cluster.  All I could really do was look at the circuit board and take the front off the cluster to straighten the second hand on the clock.  I'm hoping the connection for the tach was just loose and when I reconnect it it magically work...

Also, while under the dash I noticed how disorganized the wires were so I decided this would be a good time to straighten them out and get the stereo working.  I clipped some of the zip-ties that were holding random wires together and then pulled the glove box and some of the air ducts in order to get to the back of the stereo which, as it turns out, had only been partially connected to make it look like it worked.  Oh yeah, and the ducts were mostly just sitting back there not really connected to much of anything - and ziptied together... So I picked up some plastic clips and am going to at least try to put it back together better than I found it.  Unfortunately I won't be able to repair the ac/heater right now but there will be plenty of time for that.