73 Stereo Amp (convector) placement???
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Racer
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73 Stereo Amp (convector) placement???
I must be putting the stereo Amp in the wrong place. The heat sink top hits the bird cage and the bottom hits the a/c ducting. I guess is doesn't go where I have pictured. It shows it there in the AIM - but not even close to a fit. 
A mono AMP would probably fit there - but not the bigger one with two transistors.
Screw holes (already there) appear to be correct for this amp.
Anyone have a two transistor AMP (convector) installed (pics)?
A mono AMP would probably fit there - but not the bigger one with two transistors.
Screw holes (already there) appear to be correct for this amp.
Anyone have a two transistor AMP (convector) installed (pics)?
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The convector for my '71 is mounted 90* different than yours. The tops of the transistors face the passenger compartment and the mounting flanges screw into that upper metal surround rather than underneath it. I can't say if that is the way it came from the factory...but it doesn't interfere with any other components there.
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udornf4,
Here are some pics of the Heat Sink and the Multiplexer from my '73. Very different than those that you show.
HEAT SINK
MULTIPLEX ASSEMBLY
I have no idea what that is you have in yours.
Here are some pics of the Heat Sink and the Multiplexer from my '73. Very different than those that you show.
HEAT SINK
MULTIPLEX ASSEMBLY
I have no idea what that is you have in yours.
Last edited by Tom73; Jul 9, 2011 at 02:49 PM.
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Tom, is that not for a mono radio, that you are showing in your pics, the one in udornf4, looks like one for a stereo set up, it appears to look the same as mine. I will post a few pics, later.
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thanks!
Thanks, Guys. What I think I have is a '74 Stereo - trying to fit it in a '73. It should fit - but doesn't. I had to "bubba" it a bit (cut off a few heat sink fins). Fits now...
Still, I would like to see a close up of a '74 Stereo Amp (on a car with A/C). I just don't see how it would ever get installed there with the ducting, etc..
Thanks, again
Still, I would like to see a close up of a '74 Stereo Amp (on a car with A/C). I just don't see how it would ever get installed there with the ducting, etc..
Thanks, again
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If you look at the mounting brackets closely, you will notice that one of them can be removed and replaced in a different orientation. I believe one of those mounting positions is used for non-A/C cars and the other for A/C cars. (I don't know that for a fact, but only one way will work for my '71 A/C car.)
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If you look at the mounting brackets closely, you will notice that one of them can be removed and replaced in a different orientation. I believe one of those mounting positions is used for non-A/C cars and the other for A/C cars. (I don't know that for a fact, but only one way will work for my '71 A/C car.)
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still need help...
Guys - thanks for the info of the mono amp (one transistor), but I have the Stereo Amp (TWO transistors) - It is about 4 times bigger than a mono amp.
Sarge - I have the exact same AMP as your pics!
I just can't find the proper place to mount it in my '73 (A/C Car)
Someone surely has a pic of a mounted STEREO Amp in a A/C car
Sarge - I have the exact same AMP as your pics!
I just can't find the proper place to mount it in my '73 (A/C Car)
Someone surely has a pic of a mounted STEREO Amp in a A/C car
