991 escort 9500 hard wire step by step
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991 escort 9500 hard wire step by step
I just finished hard wiring my escort into my Car. It was pretty easy but thought i take some pics and let y'all know how i did it.
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These are the parts i ordered
http://www.radarbusters.com/radar-de...ctwirecord.cfm
http://www.radarbusters.com/radar-de....cfm?RNtt=fuse
The first is simply the cord that has a telephone like attachment on one end and a positive/negative wire on the other end. This is what you use to run from the detector to the fuse box. The other is a fuse piggy back attachment. this enables you to either piggy back of a fuse currently in use or use an empty socket.
I also ordered the Escort super cup which i think looks a little tidier than the regular suction cup.
The first thing is to remove the fuse box cover in the driver footwell. The right hand side of this picture shows the bottom of the cover with the longish attachments. To remove the fuse cover pull out the top (there is an indentations for your finger) and then pull up vertically so that the attachments come out and dont snap.
Cheers
These are the parts i ordered
http://www.radarbusters.com/radar-de...ctwirecord.cfm
http://www.radarbusters.com/radar-de....cfm?RNtt=fuse
The first is simply the cord that has a telephone like attachment on one end and a positive/negative wire on the other end. This is what you use to run from the detector to the fuse box. The other is a fuse piggy back attachment. this enables you to either piggy back of a fuse currently in use or use an empty socket.
I also ordered the Escort super cup which i think looks a little tidier than the regular suction cup.
The first thing is to remove the fuse box cover in the driver footwell. The right hand side of this picture shows the bottom of the cover with the longish attachments. To remove the fuse cover pull out the top (there is an indentations for your finger) and then pull up vertically so that the attachments come out and dont snap.
Last edited by limey940; May 13, 2013 at 10:19 AM.
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Once you have the cover of the fuse box you need to detach the carpet covered box that surrounds the fuse unit. This essentially just pulls out from several snap on attachments. If you are looking at the fuse unit straight on i was unable to disconnect the attachment at the top left of this unit. I didn't want to risk snapping anything so didn't force it. It didn't really cause any issues not removing the whole unit since i could get to everything i needed by simply moving the box around a bit since it was 3/4 disconnected.
The following picture shows that the positive cable (has a red stripe) from the detector extension cord has a terminal that isn't needed. Clip that terminal off and strip some insulation and attach it to the positive terminal that comes from the fuse piggy back unit.
The following picture shows that the positive cable (has a red stripe) from the detector extension cord has a terminal that isn't needed. Clip that terminal off and strip some insulation and attach it to the positive terminal that comes from the fuse piggy back unit.
Last edited by limey940; May 13, 2013 at 10:19 AM.
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Step 3
The fuse piggy back unit that you just connected the positive wire to also has a black cable that needs to be grounded. If you are looking at the fuse box you will notice a blue bolt on the right hand side. You can see this in the picture. Its 10mm and you need to undo the bolt. The terminal that was on the ground cable on the piggy back unit was to small to fit over the nut, so i soldered on a slightly larger terminal, put it over the bolt and screwed the bolt back on.
The next thing is to decide what fuse you want to piggy back of or if you have an empty one to use. My car does not have a rear wiper which is in position Row D # 1. (There is a diagram on the back of the fuse cover showing the fuse layout) so i simply inserted the fuse piggy back device into that socket. It took me 30 minutes of frustration (should have read the instructions) to realize that you need to put a fuse in each of the piggy back sockets for it to work
So, if your car has a rear wiper piggy back of the fuse, if it doesn't just use the socket.
The next thing is to decide what fuse you want to piggy back of or if you have an empty one to use. My car does not have a rear wiper which is in position Row D # 1. (There is a diagram on the back of the fuse cover showing the fuse layout) so i simply inserted the fuse piggy back device into that socket. It took me 30 minutes of frustration (should have read the instructions) to realize that you need to put a fuse in each of the piggy back sockets for it to work
So, if your car has a rear wiper piggy back of the fuse, if it doesn't just use the socket.
Last edited by limey940; May 13, 2013 at 10:19 AM.
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Step 4
Now that you have the ground wire attached to the blue 10mm bolt and the positive plugged into the the fuse box you can route the wires to the weather strip and slot back in the carpet covered fuse box cover.
I used a plastic tool that you use for Spackle to help pull out the weather sealing enough to insert the wire. This was also useful for pushing in the wire without risking damaging the cable or the car. The wire is totally hidden from the fuse box into the sealing if you follow the crease between the plastic and the carpet.
The next couple of pics just show the routing i used. You can push the wire into the crease that you see, and i pulled the the A pillar covering out enough to slide the wire underneath. In fact the a pillar cover popped out which made it easier and i simply popped it back when i had the wire underneath.
I used a plastic tool that you use for Spackle to help pull out the weather sealing enough to insert the wire. This was also useful for pushing in the wire without risking damaging the cable or the car. The wire is totally hidden from the fuse box into the sealing if you follow the crease between the plastic and the carpet.
The next couple of pics just show the routing i used. You can push the wire into the crease that you see, and i pulled the the A pillar covering out enough to slide the wire underneath. In fact the a pillar cover popped out which made it easier and i simply popped it back when i had the wire underneath.
Last edited by limey940; May 13, 2013 at 10:19 AM.
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This show the routing again, i just took my time with the A pillar. there is a big gap between the roof and liner which gives you a ton of room to push the cable. In fact there is so much room i ended up wrapping the cable in small segments of Velcro to keep it in place. It also didn't help that i did not measure the exact length of wire and shorten as necessary. This resulted in me having to put a double strand of wire in the gap between the roof and lining. As i say, there is plenty of room so no problem. I played around with the position of the escort and positioned it so it could get a GPS signal, where the amount of wire showing would be minimal, where i could still use the sun visor and also easily hit the mute button if needed.
I routed the final wire into the rear mirror housing so that there are only about 5" of wire showing at all, from the mirror housing to the detector. I showed a couple of pics of the finished routing which shows no wire!
The last pic are the tools i used. the heatgun and soldering unit arent really needed. i just used some heat shrink tubing and the soldering gun to keep things tidy and over secure. I'm pretty please with it, works perfectly, and the only wire you can see is from the rear view mirror housing to the escort unit. Good luck if you decide to do this, if i can do it anyone can. Cheers
I routed the final wire into the rear mirror housing so that there are only about 5" of wire showing at all, from the mirror housing to the detector. I showed a couple of pics of the finished routing which shows no wire!
The last pic are the tools i used. the heatgun and soldering unit arent really needed. i just used some heat shrink tubing and the soldering gun to keep things tidy and over secure. I'm pretty please with it, works perfectly, and the only wire you can see is from the rear view mirror housing to the escort unit. Good luck if you decide to do this, if i can do it anyone can. Cheers
Last edited by limey940; May 13, 2013 at 10:19 AM.
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Nice write-up. Thanks!
One question: does the rear wiper power source turn off when the engine shuts down during the start/stop fuel saving operation? That would be annoying with my V1 since the reboot is loud on start-up. If the power to the rear wiper fuse is interrupted, one can use the V1 "BOB" adapter, but I'd rather avoid this complication.
Spyder
One question: does the rear wiper power source turn off when the engine shuts down during the start/stop fuel saving operation? That would be annoying with my V1 since the reboot is loud on start-up. If the power to the rear wiper fuse is interrupted, one can use the V1 "BOB" adapter, but I'd rather avoid this complication.
Spyder
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Nice write-up. Thanks!
One question: does the rear wiper power source turn off when the engine shuts down during the start/stop fuel saving operation? That would be annoying with my V1 since the reboot is loud on start-up. If the power to the rear wiper fuse is interrupted, one can use the V1 "BOB" adapter, but I'd rather avoid this complication.
Spyder
One question: does the rear wiper power source turn off when the engine shuts down during the start/stop fuel saving operation? That would be annoying with my V1 since the reboot is loud on start-up. If the power to the rear wiper fuse is interrupted, one can use the V1 "BOB" adapter, but I'd rather avoid this complication.
Spyder
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Thread Starter
Three Wheelin'
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Nice write-up. Thanks!
One question: does the rear wiper power source turn off when the engine shuts down during the start/stop fuel saving operation? That would be annoying with my V1 since the reboot is loud on start-up. If the power to the rear wiper fuse is interrupted, one can use the V1 "BOB" adapter, but I'd rather avoid this complication.
Spyder
One question: does the rear wiper power source turn off when the engine shuts down during the start/stop fuel saving operation? That would be annoying with my V1 since the reboot is loud on start-up. If the power to the rear wiper fuse is interrupted, one can use the V1 "BOB" adapter, but I'd rather avoid this complication.
Spyder
