Replacing Alhambra Radio/cassette

[Guest steve]

I have just ordered a new dvd/cd/radio and was wondering how to remove the old one (Scala). Does it just require a good tug to pull it out or will I have to remove fascia/dash to get at some bracket or other?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

TIA

 

Steve

[Ivor_E_Tower]

You should just need to get the special "u" shaped pullers froma good car audio shop or maybe Halfords. Push them in until they click (should be 2 small holes each side of the radio/cassette unit fitted as standard), then pull hard and the unit should come out. Then extract the fitting surround unit carefully and replace it with the one with your new unit.

You should now find standard power lead and speaker connectors so any new unit should be a 5-minute job to switch over.

Good luck!

[Guest steve]

Much appreciated. Will have a look for those 'pullers' (isn't possible without them?)

 

Cheers.

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Not realy possible without them; you could try some old nails I suppose, but you risk causing damage with them, plus some of the "pullers" require one side of the ends of the "u"'s to be flat to locate on the radio-cassette to "grab" it so you can pull it out.

The pullers should only be a few quid and are fairly universal - I use a pair that came with a Blaupunkt radio/cassette I bought in the mid 1990's.

[Guest steve]

Borrowed a couple from a mechanic friend and the radio popped out beautifully.

 

Thanks for the help.

[italiastar]

The Scala in my 03 Alhambra needed special flat pullers (not the old u shaped ones) which the dealer would not sell because of "security reasons" - who'd want to nick a scala unit anyway?