Two Way Radio Mount

My F-150 has a radio mount with two holes on the left and right side. The new style car radios wont fit because they don't screw into the holes on the left and right side. Is there a way I can install a new style radio? Or where can I find an old radio that would fit that has FM or a cassette player?

Check out crutchfield.com. Put in your model and year to see what they offer.

Nevermind, I checked it out and they don't have anything.

You may have to fabricate something yourself, maybe installing it below the dash.

2007-04-06 22:46:23 by jpog88

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My F-150 has a radio mount with two holes on the left and right side. The new style car radios wont fit because they don't screw into the holes on the left and right side. Is there a way I can install a new style radio? Or where can I find an old radio that would fit that has FM or a cassette player?

In almost every case, if you want to install a standard DIN CD player, it would require cutting out the dash to fit the new size. This is very commonly done when installing new radios into older vehicles, as long as you're not trying to keep the vehicle in stock condition. Just about any car audio shop should be able to do this for you.

If you don't want to cut the dash, you can get an "underdash" mounting kit that works exactly like it sounds. You may also need to re-wire your speakers; many old Fords used a chassis-grounded speaker wiring setup that's not compatible with newer high-powered decks.

If you don't care about the CD player, then you'll need to search for a "shaft-mount" deck. There aren't many new ones available any more; a shaft-mount design automatically excludes a built-in CD player, so if you want to play CD's you'd need to find one that will work with a separate CD changer.

2007-04-06 22:47:40 by jpog88

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I have a cb radio with an external swr meter with no lights. i need to be able to see my swr gauge at night so i ran a pigtail soldered to the power in on the cb from inside the case out the back and it plugs into a panel mount jack i mounted on the swr meter. i could not connect to the dimmer switch on the cb so i need a way to dim the led's as well. the meter has two swing gauges side by side. i will mount two leds on the outer sides of the gauges on the inside of its case as well as two int he center directly between the two gauges. also will be two mounted on top of each gauge. so a total of 10 white led's. I want to mount the dimming switch on the back where the pl-259 connectors for the cb antenna come in. the led's i have purchased are 10,000 mcd brightness at www.superbrightleds.com part number RL5-W10015, info on this led http://www.superbrightleds.com/specs/w4_ specs.htm .The voltage coming in is 12v - 14v. how do i need to wire these led's up with a dimming switch. (10k pot?)
well i got it working. I did two 4 led arrays and took out two of them. wired it got it working with a 220 ohm resistor on each string which didnt really need that anyway because if you take (4) 3.4 volt led's and take it away from 12 you end up with -1.6 in other words. (4) leds in series would require 13.6 volts to operate at max(optimal) brightness. being a car(mobile) application the alternator fluctuation would run around 13.4 normally and 14.5 max. these particular led's have a max forward of 4volt so they can handle up to 16 volts. unfortunately my cb radio died on me bc one of the power wires was shorted so its a no go anyway. but thanks for the info. wanted to comment for the guy who said it would cost too much who in their right mind is going to hold a flashlight on a meter while driving the whole night...nobody. i dont do half-a** crap i made it look factory installed. and for all the supplies it only cost me 6$ and my ime! thanks again for the info
autometer dimmer 30$ plus about 10 for shipping so thats what about 40$ thats more than id have in parts or the meter itself. dimming is simple. buy a panel mount 10k potentiometer. on the inside of the case solder two of the legs together to one side of the cut power wire. then attach the other side to the remaining leg. when you turn the pot it will fade from 10k to 0k which will in effect lower the voltage from 12 to 0 therefore dimming the led's

Because the voltage drop across each LED is 3.4 volts, you will need al least 34 volts for 10 LEDs.

The least you can run with 3.4 volt drop is four LED's with a 22 ohm resistor and this is figuring 14 volts.

Go here http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz to get an idea of what I'm talking about.

2007-02-17 15:52:33 by Thomas(lowr_noma)

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I own a 2002 Jeep Liberty Sport and am going to be mounting an iPod to the dashboard. I want to route an audio cable from the aux port on the front of my stereo to the earphone port on the top of the iPod. I want as little of this cable as possible to show, so what I want to do is run it behind the dashboard.

The simplest way to do this is to run it behind the CENTER portion of the dashboard the covers the two A/C vents with the emergency sigle button between the two vents.

I know how to remove the facia that covers the radio on this portion of the dash, but how in the heck do I remove this center portion of the dashboard?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Kirk

crutchfield.com has an awesome tech support site. You may be able to find illustrations and detailed instructions for your make and model.

2007-06-24 09:08:08 by KDP

1. One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: CHICAGO

2. One hand on wheel, one finger out window: NEW YORK

3. One hand on wheel, one finger out window, cutting across all lanes of traffic: NEW JERSEY

4. One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator: BOSTON

5. One hand on wheel, one hand on nonfat double decaf cappuccino, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator, gun in lap: LOS ANGELES

6. Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror: OHIO, but driving in CALIFORNIA

7. Waving at everyone that you pass,eating a moon pie,sipping an RC, smiling and chewing and talking to yourself. TENNESSE

8. One hand on 12 oz. Double shot latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on radio game, banging head on steering wheel while stuck in traffic: SEATTLE

9. One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator and both feet on brake, throwing McDonald's bag out the window: TEXAS

10. Four-wheel drive pick-up truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to antenna: ALABAMA

11. Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above windshield, driving 35 on the Interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on: FLORIDA

12.. Knee up against steering wheel, one hand on Tim Horton's coffee cup, cell phone in ear, accelerator to the floor, applying makeup/ doing crossword puzzle/ reading morning Free Press, knocking down orange barrels, changing lanes without turn signals : MICHIGAN

13. One hand holding beer mug, keg holding down gas pedal, sausage between legs, cheese curds in mouth: WISCONSIN

2007-07-25 03:17:49 by asif k