DIY: Easy Cracked Radio Reciever Fix
08-09-2011, 06:09 PM
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DIY: Easy Cracked Radio Reciever Fix
This is actually a DIY for something I did two years ago. Better news: radio on my car has been working perfectly for the past two years.
So as many of you know, this receiver is known to have the issue of cracking when exposed to lots of heat. Unfortunately, this cracking makes the receiver useless. So if you're receiver has cracked, don't go to the dealer and pay an arm and a leg to fix the receiver. This DIY should do the trick.
Supplies:
A few small bulldog clips.
Procedure:
1. Remove the rear trim
3. Now its time for some experimentation. With the radio tuned to a station you know has STRONG reception, apply pressure to areas around the edges of the receiver. Do this with your finger. You should notice that when you press certain locations, the signal will become much stronger. Keep these location in mind.
4. Take the bulldog clips and use them to clamp down on the areas of the receiver you noted in step 3. These bulldog clips will apply constant pressure to the receiver and also hopefully fix your radio.
Here is what your finished product should look like:
<a href="http://s1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/albertkim92/?action=view&current=5e783e22.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/albertkim92/5e783e22.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
So as many of you know, this receiver is known to have the issue of cracking when exposed to lots of heat. Unfortunately, this cracking makes the receiver useless. So if you're receiver has cracked, don't go to the dealer and pay an arm and a leg to fix the receiver. This DIY should do the trick.
Supplies:
A few small bulldog clips.
Procedure:
1. Remove the rear trim
To do this, you will want to pull at a corners of hte trim. You have to pull pretty hard to get the trim off.
2. With the rear trim off, you will see the receiver. It's long, thin and black with three hookups on the right and and another in the middle. Leave these cables on and pull the receiver off. We will need the cables to be attached for the later part of this fix.3. Now its time for some experimentation. With the radio tuned to a station you know has STRONG reception, apply pressure to areas around the edges of the receiver. Do this with your finger. You should notice that when you press certain locations, the signal will become much stronger. Keep these location in mind.
4. Take the bulldog clips and use them to clamp down on the areas of the receiver you noted in step 3. These bulldog clips will apply constant pressure to the receiver and also hopefully fix your radio.
Here is what your finished product should look like:
<a href="http://s1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/albertkim92/?action=view&current=5e783e22.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/albertkim92/5e783e22.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
08-10-2011, 02:02 PM
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Thanks for the photo
Thanks. I have found that applying pressure in the region you show does make the amplifier work so I'll try the bulldog clips. Looking at the unit it seems that the black rubber/plastic is there as a protection layerand that it does peel away so if all else fails I'll take the black rubber off and see what is underneath. If nothing to be donne ther, the white connector has the FM signal and seems to be OK with a metre of wire draped along the parcel shelf.
This is actually a DIY for something I did two years ago. Better news: radio on my car has been working perfectly for the past two years.
So as many of you know, this receiver is known to have the issue of cracking when exposed to lots of heat. Unfortunately, this cracking makes the receiver useless. So if you're receiver has cracked, don't go to the dealer and pay an arm and a leg to fix the receiver. This DIY should do the trick.
Supplies:
A few small bulldog clips.
Procedure:
1. Remove the rear trim
3. Now its time for some experimentation. With the radio tuned to a station you know has STRONG reception, apply pressure to areas around the edges of the receiver. Do this with your finger. You should notice that when you press certain locations, the signal will become much stronger. Keep these location in mind.
4. Take the bulldog clips and use them to clamp down on the areas of the receiver you noted in step 3. These bulldog clips will apply constant pressure to the receiver and also hopefully fix your radio.
Here is what your finished product should look like:
<a href="http://s1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/albertkim92/?action=view&current=5e783e22.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/albertkim92/5e783e22.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
So as many of you know, this receiver is known to have the issue of cracking when exposed to lots of heat. Unfortunately, this cracking makes the receiver useless. So if you're receiver has cracked, don't go to the dealer and pay an arm and a leg to fix the receiver. This DIY should do the trick.
Supplies:
A few small bulldog clips.
Procedure:
1. Remove the rear trim
To do this, you will want to pull at a corners of hte trim. You have to pull pretty hard to get the trim off.
2. With the rear trim off, you will see the receiver. It's long, thin and black with three hookups on the right and and another in the middle. Leave these cables on and pull the receiver off. We will need the cables to be attached for the later part of this fix.3. Now its time for some experimentation. With the radio tuned to a station you know has STRONG reception, apply pressure to areas around the edges of the receiver. Do this with your finger. You should notice that when you press certain locations, the signal will become much stronger. Keep these location in mind.
4. Take the bulldog clips and use them to clamp down on the areas of the receiver you noted in step 3. These bulldog clips will apply constant pressure to the receiver and also hopefully fix your radio.
Here is what your finished product should look like:
<a href="http://s1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/albertkim92/?action=view&current=5e783e22.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/albertkim92/5e783e22.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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