[jb92563]

Here is todays work with the project:


Pic 1, Pulled out the shelf...literally just yank is straight back and out it comes.


Disconnect the battery lead or else you might short something and the radio anti theft alarm will sound when the radio is removed.


Pulled the bezel plates from around the AC unit and the Equalizer.


Made my own radio removal tools out of some thin aluminum I had laying around the shop, and cut them to this shape because I remembered the one you buy where that shape. You need 2


Here is the little springy catch that you use the above tool on to to bend the catch inwards towards the radio.


There it is pushed inward to release the catch. You do both at the same time and the radio comes out.


There are little slots for the tools near the bottom corners.


Radio slides out, the upper AC unit and its rails come out with just 2 screws.


Equalizer also comes out with 2 screws.


This is the radio theft alarm. The Brown/Red wire to be grounded, (One person said it should NOT be grounded so test it out yourself) so unplug it and connect it to ground before conecting your car battery again or else the alrm will sound. I was able to leave it in place as the new radio made contact with it as it was with the original radio.