Radio light burned out

The 100K mile curse continues. The light behind the bass and treble on my wagon burned out. Saw it happen driving last night. DOH! I got that radio used from the salvage yard a year ago for the CD player, my car only had cassette from the factory. The CD radio came out of a 97 LeSabre. Plug-N-Play and looks stock. Going to take my old cassette-only stereo apart tonight and see if it's possible to pull a bulb from it, or if they are soldered in.

The cassette player in both radios has never worked. No big loss since I mainly listen to CD's, but if I can't replace the bulb I may be on the lookout for another stock CD radio....with a working cassette this time. I could pull out all my old 80's tapes again...

We'll see.

-Mike

They're soldered in. I have some out in mine. This might be the best route unless you're really good at soldering. If you are, I'll send you my radio

http://replacementradios.com/product_info.php?cPath=289_316&products_id=167

Jon

Well shoot, but thanks for saving me a project tonight. CD radios are $20 at Wrench-A-Part with a 30-day warranty. Will go brave the heat soon and cross my fingers.

Thank goodness they used these in a lot of Buicks in the 90's. They're still common radios in the yards.

That's cheaper than here. They're $25 and most of the time the're already gone. We only have lkq and I suspect they are pulling some of the good parts for their epay business before putting the cars out.

Jon

Not only that, but LKQ is owned by Advance Auto Parts now, and you can get salvage parts through them.

81X11 wrote:

Well shoot, but thanks for saving me a project tonight. CD radios are $20 at Wrench-A-Part with a 30-day warranty. Will go brave the heat soon and cross my fingers.

Thank goodness they used these in a lot of Buicks in the 90's. They're still common radios in the yards.

We used to have an 03 Century. Had the exact same radio. Or at least looked it from the face anyway. Worth a check perhaps.

Stingroo wrote:

Not only that, but LKQ is owned by Advance Auto Parts now, and you can get salvage parts through them.

*Makes note not to buy from LKQ anymore*

But thats for another thread.

What a difference in the 95 and up stock radios. I opened my 94 radio and it had 3 bulbs total that lit up all the controls and back light. I took out my 96 tonight thinking I would replace a few soldered bulbs. Holy crap....18, count em, 18 micro bulbs to light up this radios controls and backlight!



Had to go to 3 Radio Shacks to get enough of the replacement micro lamps. Then the fun of de-soldering and soldering.

My eyes are strained but it was worth it. Just plugged the radio back into the wagon and it is fully lit now.