I can't decide what to do. My car came with the original AM radio installed that seemed to be on all the time, although no sound came out except for a little spark sound through the speaker when trying to push the off button. The radio light was on all the time when headlights were on. The buttons moved the selector, but not the knob.
My car ALSO came with a brand new refurbished radio converted to FM/AM stereo, still wrapped in plastic with a receipt of about $400 from last year.
I ordered a stereo speaker for the console, new antenna mast and decided to swap them out. Boy was I surprised to see there is a rats nest of many multicolored wires coming out of the refurbed radio. Obviously, these are not ready to install. I really don't like the idea of butchering up my underdash wiring to install this thing, and quite frankly am not in the habit of using the radio much anyway. So I decided to see if I could replace the dial drive cable on my original AM unit, but again I was surprised to see that instead of a cable there is some type of "clutch" for changing channels with the knob that seems totally messed up. So, now I have an old non-functioning radio with the correct connectors, and a new stereo one that would require underdash surgery.
Has anybody faced this problem before? Do you think there is any value in the refurbished unit and speaker (untested by me) that I could recoup to put toward the repair of the stock unit?
Or should I just cut the harness and put in the new radio? Decisions decisions. Has anyone installed one of these before? Is it as nightmarish as it looks like it will be?
Why on EARTH would someone take so much time to reengineer a radio, and change all the electrical connectors?!??
My car ALSO came with a brand new refurbished radio converted to FM/AM stereo, still wrapped in plastic with a receipt of about $400 from last year.
I ordered a stereo speaker for the console, new antenna mast and decided to swap them out. Boy was I surprised to see there is a rats nest of many multicolored wires coming out of the refurbed radio. Obviously, these are not ready to install. I really don't like the idea of butchering up my underdash wiring to install this thing, and quite frankly am not in the habit of using the radio much anyway. So I decided to see if I could replace the dial drive cable on my original AM unit, but again I was surprised to see that instead of a cable there is some type of "clutch" for changing channels with the knob that seems totally messed up. So, now I have an old non-functioning radio with the correct connectors, and a new stereo one that would require underdash surgery.
Has anybody faced this problem before? Do you think there is any value in the refurbished unit and speaker (untested by me) that I could recoup to put toward the repair of the stock unit?
Or should I just cut the harness and put in the new radio? Decisions decisions. Has anyone installed one of these before? Is it as nightmarish as it looks like it will be?
Why on EARTH would someone take so much time to reengineer a radio, and change all the electrical connectors?!??
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