My title says it all. Put in a cassette, and it won't eject. Tried prying, even without the capstan & pinch roller engaged (radio off), but I can't get the darn thing out. Any one know of a method to get it out? The car is stock, and I'd like to keep it that way. Thanks.
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Stock Stereo/Cassette Stuck inside
- Thread starter MikeSki66
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Try googling stock radio repairman. They are out there. I used to take some of dad's car's stock radios to this place in Owensboro KY. They charged $25 to repair stock type radios. That was in 1987-90. Or you could always go Alpine.
I put my stock radio in storage and went Alpine, wow it's nice to have a 1000+ mp3 files as opposed to 6 or so tapes.
This reminds me of an episode of "How I Met Your Mother." The one guy has a Fiero and the cassette he puts in when his brothers pass down the car to him in the 80's is "500 Miles." So the cassette gets stuck and him and his buddy are on a road trip. His buddy is like, "What a great song!" Then 10 minutes later, "I can't stand this song!" Then he says, "Wait, it'll come back around." So about 30 minutes later they're both singing along with it, "...and I will walk 500 miles...." Then, as the car is on its last leg, many years later, the cassette pops out. Funny show.
Also reminds me of my first car, an '81 Grand Prix w/T-tops. The cheap aftermarket stereo that was first in the car didn't like to eject tapes. I kept a pair of needle nose pliers in the glove box to get 'em out.
I never upgraded the stereo in my TTA when I had it. I knew for me it would snowball into a full blown system and I decided not to go that route.
Also reminds me of my first car, an '81 Grand Prix w/T-tops. The cheap aftermarket stereo that was first in the car didn't like to eject tapes. I kept a pair of needle nose pliers in the glove box to get 'em out.
I never upgraded the stereo in my TTA when I had it. I knew for me it would snowball into a full blown system and I decided not to go that route.
That's too funny! My first "sports car" was an '84 Fiero. Wow, you want to talk about fast!!!!....... I couldn't sell that thing fast enough. Actually it was pretty cool, for what it cost. It did stick to the road being a mid engine car. Lot's of really cool sounding rattles too. No wonder they put the speakers in the headrest right at ear level!!!!!
