Removing the radio from 924

postdarwin

I'm changing the original Panasonic tape deck for a modern CD/USB/SD/AUX etc etc radio.

Anyone else removed an old radio from a Porsche 924? It's been in there 30 years and I'm not sure what to do to get it out. Does it need a key? A u-shaped thing? A long blade? A crowbar? It's pretty solid.

Thanks!

Bigus

on old radios you used to pull off the volume and tuner knobs and then the balance toggle behind the knobs to reveal threaded pieces with nuts holding a clamps in place. the tube the knobs are on are the threaded bits

galwaytt

Bigus wrote: »

on old radios you used to pull off the volume and tuner knobs and then the balance toggle behind the knobs to reveal threaded pieces with nuts holding a clamps in place. the tube the knobs are on are the threaded bits

...gosh, I'd forgotten all about them !! I haven't seen 'em for a while!

postdarwin

Bigus wrote: »

on old radios you used to pull off the volume and tuner knobs and then the balance toggle behind the knobs to reveal threaded pieces with nuts holding a clamps in place. the tube the knobs are on are the threaded bits

Yep, that was it. Cheers. Now all I need to do is completely re-write the thing to fit modern connections!

Dades

postdarwin wrote: »

Yep, that was it. Cheers. Now all I need to do is completely re-write the thing to fit modern connections!

Have done this a few times!

It's a bit nervy cutting up the modern loom sticking out the back of your brand new headunit - to match up with some faded wiring whose colours may or may not bear any relation to their actual job!

I find the radio position a bit of a pain in the 924. In first or third the gearlever gets in the way of the controls. Would be better where the temp controls are. What are you putting in? Nothing too flashy I hope.

Also, you might want to change the speakers too - easy job in the front - don't worry too much about the back!

Dades

Changing the speakers takes 2 mins - no door card removal involved at all. The plastic grill just screws off.

I need to deal with my own p/window which ain't working and am loath to start messing with my lovely trim. :pac:

superfly35

Ahah me the whole car is not working, maybe with the engine in the car it will be better !!!
Hopefully by the end of September!!!

Good luck with the radio!!

Bigus

postdarwin wrote: »

Yep, that was it. Cheers. Now all I need to do is completely re-write the thing to fit modern connections!

Glad to be of help... ask me something harder !

a_v525

Yeah tis fairly annoyin of a position for the radio, cant see the screen from the driver seat, have to bend down...

The back speakers are only good for a standard radio, dont expect to get good quality for playing music on em at a decent volume, I'd change mine but am afraid of removing the quarter panel

Whatcha gunna do with the old radio? I'll cover P&P if you want a good home for it :pac:

postdarwin

a_v525 wrote: »

Whatcha gunna do with the old radio? I'll cover P&P if you want a good home for it :pac:

Ah! I was counting down the seconds until I got this question. I was going to put it on eBay and probably get about €5 for it, but I'd rather give it to an enthusiast here on Boards. PM me your details and I'll send it on. It's in pretty good shape too--top of the range 1980 model Panasonic with Seek and everything. Oooo!

Dades wrote: »

What are you putting in? Nothing too flashy I hope.

Also, you might want to change the speakers too - easy job in the front - don't worry too much about the back!

I'm putting in a basic Sendai, mainly because of the USB/SD ports, and I got a pico-USB stick too. Trying to play CDs while driving would probably be a nightmare with that gearstick! And the speakers are crappy anyway. What sort of replacements would you suggest? I think I just have a single dashboard speaker, nothing in the door cards.

a_v525

Cheers mate! I'll paypal you the P+P, im a bit of a radio junkie, keep all the old radios. Still have the original blaupunkts from my mk2 golf & my bros e30, he wanted to bin it!!

Have a tevion usb/sd in my BMW e36. Would stick it in my 924 but it has a cdchanger so Im leavin the JVC in it.

CD changers, very 90s werent they?

Dades

postdarwin wrote: »

And the speakers are crappy anyway. What sort of replacements would you suggest? I think I just have a single dashboard speaker, nothing in the door cards.

Didn't realise they ever came without front side speakers. I was amazed to discover a big empty space behind the grille in my 924 where your speaker must reside. (Still trying to decide what to put in there!)

I think you can get something called a "dual voice coil speaker" which allows you to connect both stereo inputs to the one speaker. Obviously measure up first and see how much room you have in there. Someone here will know more about those type of speakers, I'm sure.

LIGHTNING wrote: »

CD changers are for some reason still very popular, I dont quite get it really. Alot of BMW`s still have CD changers in the boot.

I fitted a 6 CD changer in my old Fiat Spider. I then had to build a special "cradle" for the CD changer itself, suspending it from a complex system of rubber bands strung across a box. The ride was a bit 'sporty' and CDs were skipping otherwise.