need help installing radio please!
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need help installing radio please!
Hey guys I have a 1992 volvo cassette/amfm radio from a 940 turbo and want to switch it with the radio in my truck, its just a am/fm radio in the right now, I've never changed a radio before how do I go about doing this? and will the wires for the ford radio match up with the volvo
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First I would make sure what each wire from the Volvo stereo is - pos, ground, speakers - Rt frt, Lft frt, etc.
I know that stereo is not a plug and play for your truck.
Removing(cutting) the harness connector off of the stock truck stereo might be something to consider. Do not cut off the harness connector on the truck side.
One more thing - is the stereo size the correct size for the truck? You may need some kind of adapter to fit that stereo to the truck.
Anything is possible, but it may take some fabrication and alot of patience.
I am sure we can help you complete your project.
I know that stereo is not a plug and play for your truck.
Removing(cutting) the harness connector off of the stock truck stereo might be something to consider. Do not cut off the harness connector on the truck side.
One more thing - is the stereo size the correct size for the truck? You may need some kind of adapter to fit that stereo to the truck.
Anything is possible, but it may take some fabrication and alot of patience.
I am sure we can help you complete your project.
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I've done this many times, but never on a ford truck.
What you want to do is fab up a custom harness adapter. First, you need a plug to fit into the stock truck wiring harness. (You may be able to cut the old one off the factory radio - but that won't work if the harness plugs direcly into pins on the radio itself - in that case you'll need to order a Ford-Truck specific wiring kit from someone like crutchfield.com)
Then, match up the wires on that plug with wires on the new radio, and crimp them on one by one.
Then plug in your new radio.
The "matching up the wires" is the hard part. An aftermarket stereo will come with a wiring diagram. With an old radio obtained from a different vehicle, you'll have to do a little reasearch to find out what its pinouts are.
What you want to do is fab up a custom harness adapter. First, you need a plug to fit into the stock truck wiring harness. (You may be able to cut the old one off the factory radio - but that won't work if the harness plugs direcly into pins on the radio itself - in that case you'll need to order a Ford-Truck specific wiring kit from someone like crutchfield.com)
Then, match up the wires on that plug with wires on the new radio, and crimp them on one by one.
Then plug in your new radio.
The "matching up the wires" is the hard part. An aftermarket stereo will come with a wiring diagram. With an old radio obtained from a different vehicle, you'll have to do a little reasearch to find out what its pinouts are.
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okay guys so I cut the plastic around the volvo radio and it will fit perfectly there actually both the exact same size,now heres the thing on the volvo radio there is no wires but there are harness adapters and I highly doubt that ford has the same harness for there radios as some foreign car do I need to find some harness that will fit and then splice it to the factory connecter wires?
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okay guys so I cut the plastic around the volvo radio and it will fit perfectly there actually both the exact same size,now heres the thing on the volvo radio there is no wires but there are harness adapters and I highly doubt that ford has the same harness for there radios as some foreign car do I need to find some harness that will fit and then splice it to the factory connecter wires?
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And then this:
Ford F-Series Harness
Is the car end of the custom harness you'll build up.
The magic is figuring out which wires to connect.
To find out, (i think) you can go on crutchfield.com and find the installation info for both the f-truck and the volvo, and print out the sheets to get the wire pinouts. Then you'll know which to connect to what.
I'm pretty sure you can just print out that info without buying anything.
Ford F-Series Harness
Is the car end of the custom harness you'll build up.
The magic is figuring out which wires to connect.
To find out, (i think) you can go on crutchfield.com and find the installation info for both the f-truck and the volvo, and print out the sheets to get the wire pinouts. Then you'll know which to connect to what.
I'm pretty sure you can just print out that info without buying anything.
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Really, by the time they're this old, the cassette player's probably not doing such a great job of playing tapes.
You can get some pretty nice decent units from crutchfield for around a hundred fifty bucks or so, and then you'd get the install kit for free, and then the harness you'd need to make would be complete documented. No research into old volvo wire outs required.
You can get some pretty nice decent units from crutchfield for around a hundred fifty bucks or so, and then you'd get the install kit for free, and then the harness you'd need to make would be complete documented. No research into old volvo wire outs required.
....whats a cassette?
lmfao j/k im not that young......
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yeah I think I'll buy a new cd player to put in I guess this is going to turn into more work than I hoped lol thanks for your help guys let you know what type of stereo I pick up
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truckʻs wire harness and makes removing the new unit easier.
