As easy as telling the time!
Really it is,
When you buy a lower spec Fiesta you may notice that there is no electric mod cons fitted.
In this guide we show you how to fit a clock using genuine ford parts.
Tools Needed:
small flat bladed Screw Driver
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Tick Tock
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What time is it
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Fitting a MK3 Clock
Step 1
Prise out the coin tray with a small flat bladed screwdriver in the top edge or mount.
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Step 2
Look inside the aperture and locate the wires clipped up on the left.
Unclip the wire and pull out of the aperture
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Step 3
Push the wire and plug into the back of the clock.
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Step 4
Push the clock back inside the aperture
Step 5
Set the time, this is done by turning the key to the accessory position and then
pressing the H(Hour) and M (Minutes) buttons.
The clock is a 24-hour version so for example, 11PM would be 23.00 etc.
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Job done
I told you it was simple.
Want a challange?
Fit a Mk3.5 clock inplace of the MK3.
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Fitting a MK3.5 Clock
Take the wires from the MK3.5 Clock and use the pins out of a male computer power plug(Hard drive)
to make the new pins to connect to the MK3 Wiring
Crimp these to the wires and insulate them with Heatshrink and squash the plug slightly to make it fit into the MK3 plug.
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Match up the wires from the old MK3 wiring to the new adapter.
If you have a gap left like in the picture between the heatshrink and plug,
simply add more Heatshrink to cover the exposed metal.
Alternativly you can cut off the MK3 plug and solder and insulate the new one direct to the cables there.
Now you will notice that one wire is left over, a thin brown one.
the alarm light. I'll show you in a later guide how to wire this up to an aftermarket alarm.
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Pin Outs
Shown below are the pin outs with wire colours and identification for the clocks.
The Mk3 clock has a four pin connector. this is same for the later mk3 as well,
The Mk3.5 clock has a six pin plug with only 5 wires
If you hold the clock the correct way up so the buttons are on the bottom, but turn it around, so you can see the back , look at the pins and they are as follows
| Mk3 Clock |
| Pins |
Wire Colour |
Location |
Wire Identification |
| 30 |
Red |
Bottom Single Pin |
Perminant Live |
| 58 |
Grey/Yellow |
Top Pin |
Illumination |
| 31 |
Brown |
2nd Pin Down |
Earth |
| 54 |
Black/Brown |
3rd Pin Down |
Switched Live |
| Mk3.5 Clock |
| Pins |
Wire Colour |
Location |
Wire Identification |
| 1 |
Black/Brown |
Bottom Left |
Switched Live |
| 2 |
Grey/Yellow |
Bottom Middle |
Illumination |
| 3 |
Thick Brown |
Bottom Righ |
Earth |
| 4 |
Thin Brown |
Top Left |
Alarm LED Earth |
| 5 |
Not Used |
| 6 |
Red |
Top Right |
Perminant Live |
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Put the bulb in the clock and connect it up, push it back into the dash then turn the key and the clock should light up,
Turn the key to the off position and just put the side lights on and again it will light up.
Now Set the time, this is done by turning the key to the accessory position and then
pressing the H(Hour) and M (Minutes) buttons.
The clock is a 24-hour version so for example, 11PM would be 23.00 etc.
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Again Job done.
Hope this guide is of some help.
Guide Written and © On 24 Aug 2005 by Andrew Whiteman (AW3K)
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