Hey, just wondering here. I have a 97 JBL style radio/6 disc changer. The lights have gone out on it, and the radio is going bad.
I can't find a decent price on the 97 style, but I have found a lot of the 98's around. I was wondering if they used the same style of connectors? Or if there was a major change in the setup of the pre amp to make this not work.
I'm compleatly at a loss to find any hard facts about this.

Oh, this is a 97 Mountaineer by the way. If that matters.

 

They are interchangeable as long as the plugs on the rear of the radios are the same. As long as they are the same, it is simple plug and play...

 

The one you're getting MUST look EXACTLY the same as the one you're replacing. Ford changed the plugs in '98. You can find a '95-'97 JBL system with changer controls but that's about all the options you have unless if you want to go all out and change the wires and stuff.

 

thanks 96ex. Thats what I thought, but I didn't want to buy a newer radio, pull it out, only to find it didn't work with my set up. Thanks.

 

No problem, bud. Good luck!