local7teener
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- 98 mountaineer v8
To start I picked up a radio out of a 06 grand marquis. It is a 6 disc and the price was right (less than 50). I've always liked the look of factory radios over the sometimes gaudy after market replacements.
I went to a few junk yards and found the wire harnesses for the radio and bought an after market wire harness adapter. There were 3 harnesses behind my factory 98 radio. The 2 smaller harnesses had the same colors so I cut the 98 ends off and spliced on the 06 ends. I used the wire harness adapter for the main harness so i didn't have to cut my 98 end off behind the dash.
I believe I got all the wires right, the 06 radio plays, lights dim with the dimmer, etc. The problem is it's not very loud. I put my 98 radio back in and it's probably twice as loud. I'm wondering if the factory amp isn't working. I've searched the internet for the actual harness pinout for the 06 but all i could find was an 08, which is close, it showed me where the speakers and the main power/ground hooked up.
I have 2 wires that the adapter harness did not carry over from the 98 harness, a solid blue, and a light green. I also have wires not hooked up on the 06 harness. The 06 radio does have a satellite button so i'm thinking those are the unused wires. I'm almost done with this project but just can't figure the last bit out. I'm an electrician so this is kind of a blow to my pride by asking for help on an electrical problem.
On a small side note. I have an after market subwoofer, box, and amp hooked up to a line converter hooked into the speaker wires going to the right rear door. Is there a way i can hook those up to the subwoofer harness behind the radio so i'm not getting the signal from the door but what would have went to the factory 8" sub that i removed? Heres some pictures of the radios and harnesses I've got going on.
the two small harnesses on the bottom right were the ones i cut off (went to my 98 radio) the larger harness is the converter harness spliced to the 06 harness.
06 radio on the left, 98 on the right
06 radio on the left, 98 on the right
back of the 06 radio
I went to a few junk yards and found the wire harnesses for the radio and bought an after market wire harness adapter. There were 3 harnesses behind my factory 98 radio. The 2 smaller harnesses had the same colors so I cut the 98 ends off and spliced on the 06 ends. I used the wire harness adapter for the main harness so i didn't have to cut my 98 end off behind the dash.
I believe I got all the wires right, the 06 radio plays, lights dim with the dimmer, etc. The problem is it's not very loud. I put my 98 radio back in and it's probably twice as loud. I'm wondering if the factory amp isn't working. I've searched the internet for the actual harness pinout for the 06 but all i could find was an 08, which is close, it showed me where the speakers and the main power/ground hooked up.
I have 2 wires that the adapter harness did not carry over from the 98 harness, a solid blue, and a light green. I also have wires not hooked up on the 06 harness. The 06 radio does have a satellite button so i'm thinking those are the unused wires. I'm almost done with this project but just can't figure the last bit out. I'm an electrician so this is kind of a blow to my pride by asking for help on an electrical problem.
On a small side note. I have an after market subwoofer, box, and amp hooked up to a line converter hooked into the speaker wires going to the right rear door. Is there a way i can hook those up to the subwoofer harness behind the radio so i'm not getting the signal from the door but what would have went to the factory 8" sub that i removed? Heres some pictures of the radios and harnesses I've got going on.
the two small harnesses on the bottom right were the ones i cut off (went to my 98 radio) the larger harness is the converter harness spliced to the 06 harness.
06 radio on the left, 98 on the right
06 radio on the left, 98 on the right
back of the 06 radio