Vauxhall Nova L standard headunit remove for aftermarket head unit

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

Hi guys just wondering how everyone else got over changing the standard deck players to aftermarket head units and what did they do for wires, is there a kind of loom I can buy plug in and play to adapt to the existing wires? Cheers :thumb:

[total_vauxhall]

Just adapt the wires pal .
When we got our L it had the radio with no cassett in .
Changed it over to a cd player . But now due to not using that car much i have changed it back to original radio just to keep it looking right..
I just cut the plug off and fit a modern type.

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

How do I go about that chap I'm no good with electrical stuff at the mo lol (just about learning :lol)

[andyredtop83]

You can buy this loom to plug in to the nova and then you can plug your new headunit in. It also saves you cutting up the nova's loom so you can go back to the standard headunit if you wanted

350933119582 (type that number in eBay)

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

You can buy this loom to plug in to the nova and then you can plug your new headunit in. It also saves you cutting up the nova's loom so you can go back to the standard headunit if you wanted

350933119582 (tel:350933119582) (type that number in eBay)

+1 thanks chap, last thing I wanted to do was cut up the loom, would be a shame if I had too but means must and all at least now I can buy the adapter loom and use my CD player in the car :)

[andyredtop83]

If yours is a nova L I assume its mk1 but if its mk2 you can get a loom for that as well. For 5.99 inc p+p you can't go wrong :thumb:

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

If yours is a nova L I assume its mk1 but if its mk2 you can get a loom for that as well. For 5.99 inc p+p you can't go wrong :thumb:

Its mk1 mate, 5.99 definantly cannot grumble buddy :)

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

Right guys so after getting round to buying the lead it totally doesn't work as it is the wrong plug adapter harness am I missing something here or do I really have to hack up a true and unmolested loom just to get the damn radio to work it would seem such a shame to ruin the originality of it /:

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

Anyone??

[kevy.m]

Can you not just cut the wires at the back of the cassette player & join it to the new head unit??

Or just scotch lock the wires do it further down the loom & run longer wires then you wont see the joins & save
cutting off the plug ;)

Also do the scotch lock wires at different lengths then you wont end up with a pile of them all wrapped up in tape like a big black golf ball lol

I like to solder my wiring but quick & easy fix scotch lock them !!

[Jack]

Can you get a pic of the original (car side) loom and plug/s? Might be able to visually match it to the right adapter then

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

Can you get a pic of the original (car side) loom and plug/s? Might be able to visually match it to the right adapter then

Im using a mobile chap so uploading is abit of a challenge at mo, I can fire some across via whatsapp if you have whatsapp or I can however email you some?

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

managed to get it working (photo below) is that any good chap? If you need any more let me know :thumb:

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii597/Pugmanash/IMG_1234_zps85nyv1ku.jpg (http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/Pugmanash/media/IMG_1234_zps85nyv1ku.jpg.html)

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii597/Pugmanash/IMG_1237_zps0lefuurd.jpg (http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/Pugmanash/media/IMG_1237_zps0lefuurd.jpg.html)

the adapter connects into the back of this as you can see, it's a weird looking connector as this is the first time I've seen something quite like it??

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii597/Pugmanash/IMG_1240_zpsjzh4zyea.jpg (http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/Pugmanash/media/IMG_1240_zpsjzh4zyea.jpg.html) and the adapter plugs into this..

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

Still stuck on this thread guys anyone able to shed some light on this for what's easiest for a newbie?? Lol

[Jack]

That is weird. lol

I'd suggest running completely new wiring, rather than trying to fudge the old stuff to match a modern head unit. Saves cutting the existing loom (so you can stick it back to standard in future), and avoids any risk of overloading 25+ year old wires

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

That is weird. lol

I'd suggest running completely new wiring, rather than trying to fudge the old stuff to match a modern head unit. Saves cutting the existing loom (so you can stick it back to standard in future), and avoids any risk of overloading 25+ year old wires


Thats definantly not what i wanted to hear lol I officially do not know where to start now as I'm no electrician lol lol

[millworm]

You've got an early one there, the adaptors are designed for the later type. What you can do is wire the ignition live into the permenant but you'd have to remember to turn off the radio each time you leave the car. Or just run a live from the back of the barrel a black wire is what you want as that's a switched live.

[millworm]

Even better yet, leave ordinal radio in just disconnected and exend loom into the glove box to retain orginal look without sacrificing audio.

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

You've got an early one there, the adaptors are designed for the later type. What you can do is wire the ignition live into the permenant but you'd have to remember to turn off the radio each time you leave the car. Or just run a live from the back of the barrel a black wire is what you want as that's a switched live.

thanks for the conformation bud really handy to know what I have, I was and another member trying to figure out why mine and his was slightly different but now we know, plan of attack is I think I will run a new wiring loom harness for the stereo on an ignition live that way I can keep the existing loom for retroness (i.e shows etc etc) and the adapter ISO harness for daily :thumb: