Pics of my new daily driver...85 Cougar!
Reply #34 –
Jeff, I wish it would have only been an hour of work. 85s still use the older style radio plugs and the radio I put in uses the 86+ flat plugs. I had to build a jumper harness between the new radio and the factory wiring to avoid cutting the wiring harness. There was also some other odds and ends such as no constant 12v (not needed for radio that was factory), no factory ground wire (old radio grounded through radio support bracket), common ground for speakers vs individual ground wires on new radio, etc. After figuring out the wiring, testing stuff and soldering everything together, it probably took me about 4 hours.
I feel it was worth the effort. The old radio had horrible reception and would lose the station I was listening to a lot while just sitting still. The new radio sounds better, is easier to operate, and looks better. I thought about putting an aftermarket deck in but I don't want to risk it being stolen (and the car damaged in the process) and I grew to hate carrying a stereo face around back in my younger days.
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