HELP! Radio won't come out!
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HELP! Radio won't come out!
Hi - I'm in the middle of removing my Bose Gold Radio (with CD). I've gotten everything out, and the radio is pulled loose, but it will only come out a few inches - the wire harnesses are pulled tight behind it!
There is literally zero slack in the wiring! There has to be some trick to this - I can pull it out just enough to get my hand behind it, but there is very little room to move anything anywhere.
There seem to be two plastic wiring harness joints that are in the bottom left of the radio tray, but I can't see them and definitly can't move them further out of the car and into the light.
Can anyone shed some light on this? I do not want to have to cut all those wires and then figure out which went where!
Thanks,
Andy of Pittsburgh
1992 C4 with Bose Gold System (with CD Player)
There is literally zero slack in the wiring! There has to be some trick to this - I can pull it out just enough to get my hand behind it, but there is very little room to move anything anywhere.
There seem to be two plastic wiring harness joints that are in the bottom left of the radio tray, but I can't see them and definitly can't move them further out of the car and into the light.
Can anyone shed some light on this? I do not want to have to cut all those wires and then figure out which went where!
Thanks,
Andy of Pittsburgh
1992 C4 with Bose Gold System (with CD Player)
Last edited by FlyUSAF2002; Dec 8, 2009 at 10:15 AM. Reason: Car Stats
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I just replaced my Bose gold unit in my '90. 2 red connectors on the back. If you're replacing the unit, you won't use them, so go ahead and cut them.
Best thing I ever did. The part that sucks is finding and pulling out the other half of the unit, the "receiver - amp" that is behind the passenger dash.
They sell a receiver amp bypass harness that you plug your new head unit into, so you won't use those plugs. They come off easy, maybe you just need to get a screwdriver behind the head unit, and flip them off. That's what I did last week.
Good luck.
New unit less than the fix from the usual vendors.
Best thing I ever did. The part that sucks is finding and pulling out the other half of the unit, the "receiver - amp" that is behind the passenger dash.
They sell a receiver amp bypass harness that you plug your new head unit into, so you won't use those plugs. They come off easy, maybe you just need to get a screwdriver behind the head unit, and flip them off. That's what I did last week.
Good luck.
New unit less than the fix from the usual vendors.
