Radio hook-up

[J.Ryan]

I feel real stupid asking this question but here goes. I bought a factory am radio off of ebay for my 67 goat. Seller is a gtoaa member so i dont doubt that it works.. I d rather sell my 1st born than doubt another member. Anyway I wired it to a 6by9 speaker from wall mart and pluged in the antena. All i get is static.Ive checked the connections at back of radio and speaker. What am i missing? Thank you

[J.Ryan]

I feel real stupid asking this question but here goes. I bought a factory am radio off of ebay for my 67 goat. Seller is a gtoaa member so i dont doubt that it works.. I d rather sell my 1st born than doubt another member. Anyway I wired it to a 6by9 speaker from wall mart and pluged in the antena. All i get is static.Ive checked the connections at back of radio and speaker. What am i missing? Thank you

[1-GTO]

Good Question J.Ryan!I'm looking at the '67 AM radio I have and I'm trying to find the place where you adjust the the antenna.Success..I found it!Just above the RH knob is the letters ADJ/ANT,you will probably have to remove the knob and flat piece behind it to see the hole where you fit a small flat head screw driver in to adjust the antenna in.This should help you get some stations.*Note (A/M probably won't have too many stations to choose from anyway)!Good Luck 1-GTO

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[Cardo]

I saw your post.... I wanted to let you know that you should not use that wal-mart speaker in the car, because it has too much resistance. The radios used to have a sticker on it telling you to use a 10 ohm speaker only, otherwise youll have too much resistance and burn the amp out in the radio. Find yourself at least an 8 ohm speaker, preferribly a 10. Just trying to help. Rich

[Andre]

Actually it sounds like your am radio is working just fine. Without an antenna extended to the full length, my am radio only gets static. With the antenna, I get about 5 stations across the entire band- 3 are legible, (one spanish), and the other 2 are broken up.

I think the adjustment is a potentiometer.

[J.Ryan]

THANKS guys for the replys, I'll try them all.