[Shotimes] Radio question

[Donald Mallinson]

These radio's seem to die with predictable regularity.  The one in my 
'89 had a problem about 5 years ago and I had it rebuilt through a Ford 
dealer.  Just last week it started losing a channel (not the problem it 
had the first time) and I will have to have it worked on again if I want 
good tunes.  It goes bad after about 5 minutes of play time.

The radio in my '91 has a bad channel, but only on radio, not on tape.

When trying to fix the radio in my '89, I asked this group if anyone had 
a radio I could buy because a lot of people take them out and put in 
better aftermarket units.  I got about 7 radios sent to me for free, out 
of all those NONE worked right in my car, I eventually gave them away to 
other people hoping to do the same thing I did.

I happen to want to keep a stock looking system, so I keep trying to 
have the radios fixed.  IF you aren't attached to the stock look, an 
aftermarket unit (Crutchfield is a good place to start) is a good idea.  
I did find in my one fling with an aftermarket unit that they don't work 
well with the stock speakers.  For some reason factories always have 
wierd higer OHM speakers and the aftermarket units need more than the 
built-in amps they usually come with.  So plan on replacing the speakers 
and putting in an amp or two or 10.  A true subwoofer is also a good idea.

But I am not up on the latest here, I am sure there are others that will 
have more specific info.

Don Mallinson

Don Mallinson

ROBERT SCHIRMER wrote:

>Guys
>
>My '93 has the original Ford radio/cassette player with a separate Ford 10
>disk CD player in the trunk. However, in the last couple of days the radio
>seems like it has lost a lot of the volume, and when I play a CD the volume
>goes down even a little more.
>
>To me its like the old radio amp is slowly dieing. Has anybody else
>experienced a similar event with their older Ford radios?? And is the amp for
>this sucker in the trunk, or still built into the radio like in days of old??
>
>Appreciate any feedback
>Bob
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