Headunit replacement

[vampire222]

Hi guys, the 1986 headunit with tape recorder in it failed me, so i bought me a brand new one.

What conversion harness do i need to convert the weird 9 pin connector i have in my wedge to the din ones used by car audio today, the same goes for the antenna.

Anyone got more info?

[vampire222]

This is the one, just need to know what car its from so i can get a conversion harness, dont wanna cut my wedges wiring up!

[vampire222]

Nope it's a seperate antenna plug i've got that one sorted

[vampire222]

I got a nice green one

I'm gonna cut up and solder the old radio harness so that can in turn connect to the new radio harness and i don't have to cut up and of the cars wiring itself.

[vampire222]

Sorted without any wire cutting or soldering at all, how you ask?

ordered two items from fleabay:

-Antenna conversion from DIN to ISO
-Ford to iso wiring harness

The antenna converter is pretty straight forward, my new radio's antenna connector was different so i needed one of those, then what i did was cut apart the "Ford" side of the connector cables gently with a bolt cutter. They had little spade terminals on that end and i was able to rescue those from their evil plastic prison!

Then those plugged straight into the "radio" side (3x3 square connector, mine was a 1986 Alpine cassette player) and earth cable (the earth connector went to a spot on the body of the old radio but also fitted one of those harness spades perfectly.

Then to finish it all off i tested it (wired the front left and front right the wrong way around) and tied them together with some cable ties and electrical tape!


Job done! Well almost, didn't put the radio in the slot yet cause it's 11.30pm and that'd probably end up with the police thinking i was removing instead of installing it!

Hope it helps some other wedgers out when they want to replace their radio.