Hello one and all... newbie here and proud owner of an N Reg Citroen AX. Has its 'faults' (or do they just give it personality? ) of course..
One of which is a dodgy radio - wanted to get an mp3 CD player anyway but the garbled radio reception (and no, it wasn't the split aerial [:D]) gives me even more excuse.
Took it to Halfords yesterday and the guy was at it for an hour trying to remove the damn thing to no avail - it seems to be stuck in on the driver's side somehow... anyway it's going back today so chappie #2 can have a look but I was just wondering if this was unusual at all? I've read in other forums (well, google search) that people can get them out really quickly...
I just want my music *Sniff* and hope the new stereo unit fixes the radio issue!
AX Radio Removal...
Moderator: RichardW
Are you talking of the original radio or an after market one? I had enormous problems removing the one from my BX (Simple - looks like 4 screws on the fascia!) The radio unit was fitted into a metal sleeve which in turn was fitted to the fascia unit by bending tabs. The BX is in fact rather nicely made and there is a tight fitting plastic support behind the fascia and I think the fascia and sleeve had been fitted first then the tabs bent - so catching the car bit rather than the fascia.
The cure was to remove the radio the proper way by depressing the side catches (in this case a philips radio with catches operated by 2 circular rods) and getting the thing out and then bending the sleeve until I could find and free the offending tags. Loads of brute force, unnecessary dismantling and so on!
The new radio (Maplins Shark MP3 player/tuner) comes with the appropriate tools for depressing is side catches (flat in this case)
Jeremy
The cure was to remove the radio the proper way by depressing the side catches (in this case a philips radio with catches operated by 2 circular rods) and getting the thing out and then bending the sleeve until I could find and free the offending tags. Loads of brute force, unnecessary dismantling and so on!
The new radio (Maplins Shark MP3 player/tuner) comes with the appropriate tools for depressing is side catches (flat in this case)
Jeremy