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does anyone know if there is or does anyone make a data bus rention plug for an 02 Lesabre? its got that long ribbon style plug,please help my tech support is down.thanks
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It's a little squirrely to get right but you can if that's the radio that slides out and the plug stays in the dash rear wall you can pull the harness out for length and a Metra 70-2001 will mate to the pins, you just have to secure it with wire ties/glue/what have you. I have pulled this off once before, but it didn't have the RDS deck.
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i do appreciate the the reply, i did try and want to retain the data bus (door chime,etc.)older gm no prob. just dont know the wire color that it works through. im 90% sure its the same as any gm.i have the harness, just need to hear DONG DONG DONG when the key is in the ign.thanks for the reply.oh, this didnt have that rds deck either,man that was a stupid idea.
quote:Originally posted by SS1-2 Mike: i do appreciate the the reply, i did try and want to retain the data bus (door chime,etc.)older gm no prob. just dont know the wire color that it works through. im 90% sure its the same as any gm.i have the harness, just need to hear DONG DONG DONG when the key is in the ign.thanks for the reply.oh, this didnt have that rds deck either,man that was a stupid idea.
Yeah, I am not sure about the door chime, you usually lose that regardless of whether the radio is RDS or not when replacing a deck I believe.. I know in the data retention harness there is a plug for a speaker ran from the OEM deck harness so I believe the modulator for the chime resides in the OEM deck triggereed by an outboard signal.. First I would check with PAC, they make a couple of pieces designed to plug in and retain the lost buss functions. Hope something here helps- Chris
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thank Chris, I am having a discousion with our local chevy dealer, one of the tech guys is supposed to tell me the wire color code so that you can ose a regular retention harness, just have to cut the plug and use that ribbon harness, if all goes well i will post a discription (what works, what doesn't)
I've used a couple of these now on a LeSabre and non-Bose Bonneville... works great. Only dislike is the fact the chime is rather loud, but other than that it makes the job about as easy as its gunna get. You'll have to break out the back of the radio cavity to account for the depth the new radio will likely need.
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