I don't know how I copied and pasted so much sorry about that. But my question is I have orange and red wires with fuses and black wire without do I hook both red and orange to hot and black to ground?

Don,
Do you have the model number of that motor. Don't do anything till you get the information because that would be a catastrophe if you get it wrong

Orange is your steady power source and Yellow is your switched power source so your new stereo would connect Red to Yellow and Yellow to Orange in most cases but it is best to use a test light to check before making connections.

Your truck may have had the factory trailer tow package, but that did not come with a wiring connector in that year. There should be a wire harness under the rear of the truck near the center of the bumper with 7 wires of the following colors/characteristics -

Red/Orange - +12V Battery (Thick Wire) From fuse #8 (40A)
Black/Orange - Tail Markers (Thick Wire)
Light Blue - Trailer Brakes (Thick Wire)
Violet/Black - Backup Lights (Thin Wire)
Dark Green/Red - Left Stop/Turn - (Thin Wire)
Brown/Red - Right Stop/Turn - (Thin Wire)
Black - Ground - (Thick Wire)



Under the dash, the brake controller wiring should be -

Red/Orange - +12V Battery (Thick Wire) From fuse #8 (40A)
Black/Orange - Ground - (Thick Wire)
Light Blue - Trailer Brakes (Thick Wire)
White/Tan - Brake Light sense - (Thin Wire)

Hope this helps.

Forget the yellow wire. Its for wiring WITHOUT an alarm. Connect the red to a fused 12 volt and the black to the orange "ground when armed" of the Avital 5303.

Hello! The back up light circuit is stand alone...Power is fed via the back up light switch to both the left and right lamp on a Red/White wire...Ground is fed by a White/Black wire...The back up light switch receives power from a 10 a fuse ( Gauge Fuse) on a Black/Orange wire... So, 12 volts from the gauge fuse on Black/Orange...through the switch on a Red/White to both back up lights...Ground to lights via a White/Black...Using an ohm meter with power off...Set on X10 scale...check the Red/White to ground...It must read open...if you read any resistance on that wire it will blow the fuse...Guru...saailer

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1993 Dodge Dakota CDA-9833
Car Radio Battery Constant 12v+ Wire: Red yellow
Car Radio Accessory Switched 12v+ Wire: Red/White red
Car Radio Ground Wire: Black black
Car Stereo Dimmer Wire: Orange (tape this wire off) none
Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue/White white
Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Black white/black
Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Purple gray
Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Green gray/black
Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Black/Yellow green
Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Gray green/black
Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue/White purple
Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/Orange purple/black

red is for pawer that goes to the fuse panel
black is for the ground
yellow is a hot wire that goes to the main power or battery it should have a fuse in the line
blue is for power antenna if u need
blue and blue yellow speakers same with orange ,orange/white

From your owner's manual (Page 3):
http://www.cobra.com/downloads/manuals/18WXSTII_MANL1.pdf

The RED wire goes to the fuse panel (+12V)

The ORANGE wire goes to the battery for memory
(I STRONGLY suggest an inline fuse here of 2A)

The BLACK wire is vehicle ground.

Hope this helps you out.
Good Luck!

Usually red is for switched power and orange is constant power.
Orange will go directly to 12V constant supply. This retains memory.
Red will go to switched (ignition) 12Vsupply. this turns it on and off with the car.
Black is ground.