Radio Fuse Question

Tiny
TERRY THURSAM
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  • 1998 FORD TAURUS
  • 3.0L
  • V6
  • TURBO
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 19,670 MILES
My daughter broke the cassette player on the radio, it kept trying to eject it and running the battery down (I think that's why). So until I can get it fixed I took out the fuse for the radio and now the speedometer doesn't work, why? Also is there anything else that fuse controls? Or is there anything else I can do to disconnect the radio?
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 AT 5:06 PM

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Tiny
CARADIODOC
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There's two fuses for the radio. You may have pulled the memory circuit fuse. That is always tied in with other circuits that are always live, like the horn or brake lights. There should be a separate fuse for the radio's switched 12 volt circuit.

Regardless, the cassette player should have stopped when the ignition switch was off. I've repaired a lot of Ford's cassette / cd combo radios, but I've never run into a problem with the cassette mechanism in the cassette-only radios yet.
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 AT 5:33 PM

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