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1991 240 Radio removal

I can remove an engine but apparently a radio is beyond me.

The car is a 1991 UK spec 240 with the OEM radio above the vents. I want to install a CD player in the old-style radio area in front of the gear lever. This photo shows the radio and vents:

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do you remove the old one? There are two screws (torx head) which, when removed, make it wobble but it won't withdraw enough to detach the wires. I thought I'd try and remove the vents and glove box to aid myself. I couldn't remove either - the vents wouldn't shift (I could only see one screw next to the inst panel which only freed one side) and the glove-box has two totally inaccessible screws which seemingly require the 'lid' to be removed before the screws can be got at.

After removing the centre console I found the OEM amp which is behind the main support. It has a multi-way connector and a DIN socket. Does anybody know the pin-out / wiring colour code for the multi-way connector? My wiring diagram doesn't show this radio. The amp looks like this:

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did succeed in changing some blown instrument lights though. Any help most gratefully received.

David

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David Balfour
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I just recently went through this and figured it out with the help of someone on the group. In the back there's a security clip, it has a locking tab that pokes through a slot in a bracket and latches. I had to remove the glove box and reach in there with small pliars and bend the little tab until it broke off, there's not much room at all back there.

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James Sweet

Thanks James - I thought this might be the case. Is there an easy way to remove the lid of the glove box so I can access the two screws that face down at the bottom? I tried yesterday to disconnect the securing arm and managed to break it off.

I have some chubby screwdrivers but nothing that can seemingly get in there.

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David Balfour

Those were a pain too, I can't figure out why they're there, the older 240's don't have those two screws and I didn't put them back in the one I worked on. What I ended up doing was taking a screwdriver bit from my power screwdriver and gripping it with pliars to get those screws out.

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James Sweet

Some of them just have a rear strap screwed up under the dash. Just remove the middle speaker cover from the dash and there it is.

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bob

Inspired idea - thank you very much! They're also not there in the 240's around 1985, so who knows what purpose they serve other than to confuse the less-resourceful amongst us.

David

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David Balfour

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