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I just came back from my friendly Ford dealer. I have a 00 SVT and I bought the 98 clock through the parts department.

Dealership can't install the clock (I even gave them the schematics off our mods section) because the factory harness has a 6 plug and the clock itself requires an 8 or 9 (I forget which off hand). So I'll probably need to take this to an auto electronics store for installation.

Did any of you have this problem and get it recontented? Any observations or suggestions are appreciated. I downloaded the second alternate method and it appears that I need to buy at least one adapter from a stereo store. The clock is alot better looking than that damn nameplate.

Thanks in advance. Jim

Go to a local mom & pop computer repair store where they build & service computers (not somewhere like Best Buy etc.) & ask them for a CDROM to Audio cable . It'll be a length of 3 wires (red , black & white) with a 4-pin connector at either end . They come in various lenghts , try to get a long one (maybe a foot or so long) . Cut the wires in or around the middle . Plug BOTH ends into the back of the clock ... instant 8-pin connector . With very little effort you can move the wires around in the connectors by simply moving a little tab near each wire's pin . Move the wires to where they're needed & splice into the radio harness & the anti-theft light . Easy as pie ! I learned this trick while researching how to do mine to make it removable (for trade-in time) . It works like a charm .
Good luck !

BTW-The guy at my local computer store didn't even charge me for the wire . He had a whole bin of old wires removed from computers over time .

Thanks for the suggestion, Allen!

My pleasure !