original holden tape player....

[vktorana]

ok its stuck lol i got the side bits off but cant seem to get it out! tried pulling and even took out the ash tray and tried pushing it from the back but still no good! anyone take one out? please reply asap cos its shittin me and im gonna hammer it and smash it up to get it out in a min! grr frustrating lol dont think id make a good theif!

[nstone63]

screws on the sides? usually means you need to take the console out..

[BENJAMUM]

I think they are screwed it from the back ?

[vktorana]

you gotta be kidding me! lol i dont wanna hafta take shit off! ok il hafta! grrr dam anti theft shit!

[vkberlina]

There is a Z shaped bracket front memory it is screwed ontot he back of the deck and up to themetal under the aircon vents, really hard place.

To do it you basically need to pull the top off the dash and remove the centre vent pipes to get to it.

cheers
Scott

[BENJAMUM]

hammer would sound good atm hey

[ari666]

smash it!!!!

[VK SL 3800]

OK, i did this once, but i ddint take out the dash which isnt very hard and is what you should do, heres what i did (but i had little intention of keeping the original radio):

1. Remove side covers, then front surround.
2. the two little clips that are spring loaded on either side are a pain in the ****, i found it easier to just pry of the spring so they would move unless i wanted them to with a screw driver.
3.Look down above the radio, in the slit you can see screws coming down from the top, these screw into the aluminum housing of the radio so is pretty easy to strip out with a screw driver, just take your time and use a turning motion not an up and down one as that levers of the dash and you will crack the plastic.
4. eventually you will get them out and then the radio will slide forward enough to get you hand around the back, and its a tight squeeze and then theres a screw on the back attached to a bracket that hold it on, undo it and then its free.


Highly recommend you just take the dash out though, its very easy, just pop the touch button pad off (pull up on the back right corner), then undo all four screws and it will come out but it may be a touch sticky from being in for so long, just be careful all the warning lights come out as well and the wires on mine arent very long to the plug so its hard to get your hands in there to unplug it. one you do that you see all the screws that hold in the dash and a couple of littler ones that hold the perspex on the dash. Take out the dash just unscrew it then pull forward enough to unclip the speedo cable and then unplug it, the plug will probably be brittle so be careful. then you can probably work it out from there..........

[vk.jonno]

beers
hammer and pull apart the dash
i bashed mine with a hammer after i got it out cos it pissed me off

[vktorana]

ok il take the dash apert lol i wont smash it cos it still works and i might be able to give it away to somone doing an original build . not sure i understand the instructions on how to pull the dash apart but il figure it out. lol ya would think id remember considering iv completely stripped my other vk interior! chers for ya help! anyone want the original tape deck?

[ari666]

can you post a pic of the tape player pls? i am wondering if it has the little slots thall let it slide out.

[vktorana]

yea its got them slot things but i couldn figure out how to work em. i pulled out the intrument pannel cos i wanted to replace that anyways. the took off the instrument surround and there is a brecket on the back which i got to with a crow fillips head. wasnt easy but its out! anyone want it?

[ari666]

ebay it bro, itll be worth a lot to the right person.

[vktorana]

na im not lookin to sell it. im a nice guy! il be happy to give it up for free to someone who actually wants it. i know id appreciate it if i were doin an original build!

[Staggie]

Did this once on my brothers grandpa spec vk, i think from memory you take the top of the dash off, which comes apart pretty easy, and there are a couple of brackets holding the deck in, i can remember taking the deck and bracket(s) out as once piece and not having to pull the lower part of the dash out. Then we used the brackets to mount the new cd player. Can scan you the pages later in the week regarding stereo removal if your till stuck.