<VV> Late Model AM radio removal
kcvair at netscape.com
kcvair at netscape.com
Fri Sep 22 11:29:44 EDT 2006
I usually remove the passenger seat when working under the dash to remove radio, A/c vent, speaker or what ever. Usually does not take over 5 min to get seat out and you can lay on the floor and don't have to be a contortionist to get to what you're working on. Anything under the dash is not easy if you're lying over the seat trying to get to the radio under the dash. Ken
--- Sethracer at aol.com wrote:
From: Sethracer at aol.com
To: pbob63 at frontiernet.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Cc:
Subject: <VV> Late Model AM radio removal
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:13:27 EDT
In a message dated 9/21/2006 4:13:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
pbob63 at frontiernet.net writes:
How do I remove the stock radio from my 65 monza? Does it come out from
the front, or back? Looks like I need to remove the defroster duct to
get it out from the rear, is this correct? Or, does it come out the
front after the knobs and bezel are removed? I need to remove the bad
speaker from the dash.
Paul - My actual procedure is to drop the duct work down first, as described
by others. Then remove the ashtray and the metal receptacle it slides in. A
couple of screws from the bottom of the dash and a single "L" bracket that
attaches the top of it to the bottom of the radio. Watch out here, it is easy to
cut yourself! Then disconnect all the wiring from the radio. The power and
the speaker are usually in one flat plug. And don't forget the antenna! Then
pull the knobs off and, using a deep socket (5/8", I think) start removing the
nuts on the two shafts. The Chrome radio bezel will come off the front and
the radio will start to sag backwards. It will drop down in the rear. Just
pull the radio back, rotate it vertical and lower it down and drop it out the
back. The speaker is held in with a bracket which just pushes up on the magnet
in the middle of the speaker. This arrangement is what makes it so hard to
install a larger replacement speaker in the same location. The above works fine
for either of the AM radios, manual or push-button. If you have an AM-FM or
worse, an AM-FM and Air conditioning - you will need the dexterity of a heart
surgeon, and some band-aids. - Seth Emerson
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