installing a new cd player in company truck

Hey folks Headed to KLLM soon, just wanted to know about putting my own cd deck in a company truck, I wanted to connect my ipod to it so I can have my audiobooks and music , does a company mechanic have to do this? or is there an attachment I could buy to hook the ipod up to the deck already in place? Thanks

 

I dunno about other makes, but Kenworth wires their stock stereos in with electrical tape. I just untape it, cut the power wire, and use wire nuts to tie it all together. When I'm done with that truck, I just reverse the process. Can't tell the stock radio was ever messed with. They make a set of tools you can find at some truck stops, shaped like a U, that will unlock the stock radio so you can pull it right out.

Make sure the company won't boot you if they see it, though. Some are re-tardedly strict about modifications.

 

The new KW's come with that removal kit in the glovebox standard, two u shaped pins that go into holes at the side of the factory radio. Radio pulls right out of the console

 

I would imagine that would work the pins are only 1/8" dia or so as long as you press in on all 4 you should be good to go

 

Yeah, the U shaped brackets are designed to give you something to hold onto to pull the radio out. You can release the clips with anything but then you have to get a grip on the radio to get it out.

 

FYI KLLM's trucks *Freightliner cascadias and columbias mostly* come with xm ready cd players with no aux jack. you can get aftermarket cd players, but they MUST be installed by kllm mechanics.