Date:         Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:33:50 EST
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Radio replies
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM

** Reply to message from "K." <maddie@INTERLOG.COM> on Mon, 19 Oct
1998 18:07:06 -0400


If the radio has regular knobs with nuts under them, remove the knobs
and nuts and remove the plastic faceplate.  Under them should be the
guts of the radio mounted in a second, inner faceplate.  Look toward
the edges for a pair of vertical slots maybe 1" by 1/4" or so, and see
if there's a thin strip of metal on the outboard side of the slots.
If so, it's the end of a leaf spring that lets you just shove the
radio into the dash until it clicks.  Use some thin tool to capture
the edge of the spring and press it toward the center until you can
pull that edge of the radio out a little -- enough to capture the
spring.  Then repeat on the other side, remembering to not let the
first side slip back.  Then slide the radio out, together with the
inner faceplate.  Mine had lots of washer/shims under both the outer
and inner sets of nuts....  The stud on the back of the radio should
have a rubber bushing on it which fits into a hole in a bracket
descending from above -- you'll probably want to pull the ashtray
(just pull straight up) and verify that it's a bushing and not a
bolted connection, and also maybe work from behind to get the bushing
out of the hole in the bracket.  When you go to replace the radio, put
the bushing on the stud and ease it into the bracket.  The bracket is
flimsy in the fore-and-aft direction, you may need to bend it to the
rear some so the bushing will engage.

Does this make sense?

david

> Thanks everyone..
> but...
> There aren't any small holes anywhere on the front of the radio. I'm
> gathering i will have to take it out through the ash tray. Any more
advice
> on that??
>
> thanks
> (and thanks to those whom have already been so helpfull.)
>
>
> ~KaReN~


David Beierl <dbeierl@ibm.net>
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