Replacing old car stereo with new one question

[retiredat44]

Hi,
I have questions about replacing an old Blauplunkt with a new one.

Car is an 1989 Toyota Corolla SR5. When I bought the first Blauplunkt, I removed the original Toyota Radio, and used the wiring harness that came with the new Blauplunkt RPD440 stereo/cd. That was about 8 years ago.
The removable faceplate was built badly and the insides would no long operate the buttons the outside buttons pushed against. Very cheaply made!!

I would like to know is that the first (old) 'Blauplunkt Wiring Harness', (fist one I put i put in 8 years ago), will fit the (new) Blauplunkt Laguna Receiver Radio Car Stereo CD Player. Do the harnesses interchange with the same manufacturer? Just unplug the old and plug in the new? :confused:

I stayed with the Blauplunkt just so I don't have to do any, or very little wiring work. The car is old 335,000 miles on it and my health no longer allows me to work on cars. Also, I am not doing any speaker chaging, just the stereo itself, my speakers are fine. 4 Polk Speakers. It's just a chaep stereo, that's all that's needed.

Thanx,

[retiredat44]

this forum must have very little traffic...

[retiredat44]

I just went though the whole cut and splice routing an dput in the new radio.. it sucked bals. I would have just bought a new face plate (which was the broken part) but I no longer trused the Blauplunkt face plate, at least for that mode. It is just to cheap and the tits inside the plasctic faceplate buttons, break ff very easily. No more of that BS!
It's just another Blaunkplunkt I put in and turned out it uses a totally different connector, hence the cutting and splicing. My gamble on it being the same connector for the same make radion was a loser. Had I known I would/could have gone with any brand.

Also, the damned metal sides that bolt on and hold the radi on had to be help in place, the new radio did not have screw holes in the side of the radio. Can I say Clusterfuck here?:ugh3: That's what is is, but at least the car has a working stereo now.