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Old Aug 19, 2014 | 07:30 PM
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ive got this electrical componant that came with a mk4 escort, never seen one before and dunno what its for, any ideas?



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Old Aug 19, 2014 | 07:48 PM
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Something to do with the aerial in the tailgate?
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Old Aug 19, 2014 | 07:53 PM
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aerial amplifier module , mk4 escorts only
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Old Aug 19, 2014 | 07:55 PM
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Had many rst's/xr3's/xr3i's never seen that before and also stripped a few back to bare shells and rebuilt and never seen them lol does look like an aerial amp though

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Old Aug 19, 2014 | 08:05 PM
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red/white wire from back of car stereo connects to the skinny spade,,
big plugs go to the copper strip in mk4`s back screen,
bigger spade will be for demist wire
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 06:36 AM
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recal having these on a few other fords too
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 05:08 PM
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anything with a glass mounted radio aerial ,
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Old Aug 23, 2014 | 04:21 PM
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cool, thank you very much for that
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