Inside the Warped Minds of Men. Bear with me.
AS I may have mentioned, I lost my car radio to a dead car battery before Christmas.
My attempted solutions so far:
1) Searched high and low for Audio handbook, assuming the code would be scribbled on it somewhere. It wasn't.
2)Discovered a .PDF file on the internet that explains how to remove the radio. Read how the Ford radio removing tool can be replaced by an improvised wire coat hanger.
3) Searched the house for a wire coathanger. Asked staff in several charity shops if they had any.
4) Discovered that many Ford dealerships offer a decoding service for about £25. Decided that this was too much. Searched the internet to discover that if the serial number of the radio is known, folks on ebay can reveal the code to you for a small fee.
5) Halfway succeeeded in removing the radio using an improvised ford radio removing tool improvised out of some wire garden trellis thing, in the absence of any wire coat hangers.
6) Looked in a variety of shops at possible replacement radio units.
My partner's attempted solutions so far:
1) Rang the dealership that sold me the car 12 years ago if they still had the code. They had.
Feel free to draw your own conclusions.
23/02/06 @ 14:10