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WTF Ford 'N Clarion
I figured I'd slap the new (used) stereo in the F250 today while I was installing the new rear window and dashpad... WRONG!!! First off 5 of the 8 wires are color coded differently from the speaker end and the stereo end then there are several switched hot leads and 2 grounds, but no constant hot then the Clarion head unit dosn't have a wiring diagram on it
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I found a wiring diagram for the clarion
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Don't use the blue wire for ground
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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Blue=viagra What's up???
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Yeah, I learned from personal expirience that ford stereo wiring=teh suck, much like everything else they build. I did a friends mazda a few years back, all the wires were the same color, and came that way from the factory. I refuse to touch fords since.
Yours could have been hacked up by a dealer, like my XT6, or it could be stock, who knows with a ford. If it's stock, it shouldn't be too hard to find a wiring diagram for it on the net. If it's hacked, than have fun with the volt-meter. Same thing goes for your deck, if you don't have the intructions, just download them from Clarion.
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Figuring the truck out was easy, I just used the ohm meter to figure out what wires go together
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.Karl. Southwest members, click here to check in!CA,NV,AZ,UT,NM,OR,CO Wanted...your busted SVX! Watch out Earl, I'm comin to getchya Return of the Pissed Platypus! X2 My dream (other than a pearlie) 1.8 SVXi and a laguna blue spoiler...somewhere I decided to quit drinking, but I didn't like it so I quit not drinking. |
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Ford is a stereo install nightmare. None of the wires (except the black ground wire) are standardized, so you have to test them all or buy the $15 adapter. To top it off, you have to buy the $30 stereo removal tool, unless you want to chain the stereo to your house and drive away, hoping it will come out. From my experience Mazda is just as bad (seeing as Mazdas are in large part Fords), I think i've done two and they were both nightmares. Toyota, nissan and honda are ridiculous. I can't comment on Subaru because i've only done the SVX, and that's a bad example when it comes to universality. Can anybody think of other brands that use the industry standard wiring?
Hate to rub it in, but GM's wires are all standardized and they use the two or four bolt sleeve mount. AHHH that's much better. |
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On older Fords it appered to be the ground untill later that night when you turn your headlights on an the radio gos dead and you loose all your marker lights
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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.Karl. Southwest members, click here to check in!CA,NV,AZ,UT,NM,OR,CO Wanted...your busted SVX! Watch out Earl, I'm comin to getchya Return of the Pissed Platypus! X2 My dream (other than a pearlie) 1.8 SVXi and a laguna blue spoiler...somewhere I decided to quit drinking, but I didn't like it so I quit not drinking. |
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