Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 20:36:56 -0800 Get a wire coat hanger and cut two 8" pieces. Bend each peice into a "U" shape.
Insert one into each side of the stereo and gently pull out. Presto.
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:01:02 -0500 Answer: Remove the two plastic end caps on the radio, they're about 3 mm
wide and about the height of the radio. After these are removed you'll
find four holes, you'll need to insert metal sticks to release the catch
mechanism. Removing the radio requires a special tool normally. I made
my own, I took a clothes hanger and curved it into a "U" shaped tool.
Two to be exact, then I filed a notch into the end about 1/4 cm from the
ends. This allows the metal "hooks" to release the metal plates and also
to "catch" on the radio to pull it out. I would recommend doing this to
the map pocket (my CD player is there --Steve) too so that you can reach
behind the radio. My 93 had some really short molex plugs and the ...crap..
forgot the name of the antenna now, but there is a secondary antenna that
needs to be removed by taking a screw out of the back of the radio and
taking a metal plate off. This is assuming you have the basic radio.
Good luck. It's easier than it sounds.
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:14:17 -0400 Get it started ... with a coat hanger or walmart stereo removal tool.
Pull it out enough so you can get your hand behind it. On the rightmost
(passenger) side, there are two black, heavy cables for the antenna. They
lead down the left side of the passenger area. Take the small piece of
plastic off the side (about where the passenger knee is) and you can
probably find the connectors. Once you fish the connectors out, pull them
apart. Then you can get your hand behind the head and pull the cables up
(and out).
Once I removed this for the first time, I found there is quite a bit of
slack in all the cables but the antenna. If you can get the antenna
disconnected FIRST, you could carefully pull the head unit out enough so
you can actually see the back of the unit and remove the rest of the
connections. That would definitely be the easiest way.
But if you can't get it that way, you can remove the other cables like
this: (I did it this way because I didn't know how much slack there was in
the cables)
A little to the left of the center, there is a medium sized harness (about
1 inch long). It has a click button on top. It's kinda hard to get it
disconnected if you have large hands or aren't real good with them. I put
my right arm left of the shifter (had it in R), and used my index finger to
push the button, and the other fingers to pull the harness out.
All the way to the left is another harness of about the same size. Remove
it in the same manner. The button is on the leftmost side on this one.
There is a small black connector just left of the antenna cables. It's
more like halfway between the center of the head and the right side. It
has a small click button on top that needs to be pushed to remove the
connector.
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:31:05 -0500 It is a 2.5" speaker. Not just a tweeter, and yes, just pry up on the front
of the grill, and then pull it up and towards you. Then unscrew the three
bolts and unplug the connector. That is all.
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