jndnaps Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I have a 96 Deville with a factory AM/FM/CASS stereo in it. Looks like the original owner either spilled something on it or maybe sprayed some cleaner on it. What ever it was got behind the green lens and now there are two stains behind the lens right in the middle and it distorts the time and the stations. Anyway, My question is, Can the green lens cover be removed and cleaned? I was trying to pop the lens off but stopped because I though it was gonna break. Has anyone ever removed this or can it? Thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jndnaps Posted January 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 You mean no one has ever had this happen before or knows about the lens cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 You mean no one has ever had this happen before or knows about the lens cover? I believe the entire face will come off of the radio, I have a second unit in the garage I will take a look at it Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jndnaps Posted January 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Well I'll try it again. I don't want to pull the whole radio to clean the lens.. It does seem like it will pop off I'm just afraid I may break the lens trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 I just struggled with it, as I mentioned I have the radio out. The front cover while it looks like it comes off easy via a bunch of clips, it does not want to budge. The smoked lens is attached to the cover and it does not appear that you can remove is without damaging the front cover, I cracked the front cover trying to pull the lens out... Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jndnaps Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Scotty, Hope that radio was junk. I feel bad that you cracked it checking it out for me. I may try Monday if I have some time. It's a shame that it has those stains in it. The interior of the car looks brand new and that's the only beef I have about the interior. It really distorts the time and the stations. Looks like Poo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Don't worry about it, I think it may have been cracked before I tried pulling at it... I do believe the entire front comes off, you might want to pull the radio to see what you can do with it. An alternative would be to take it out and send it to a shop and have them clean it up and adjust it.. Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Dam I am good! The red circles indicate clip locations, behind the big nob is a nut that you must remove, trip the clips and it comes off easily.....The big nob pulls off be gentle, also be really carefull with the small nobs, they break easily (I broke one), they DO NOT need to be removed. By the way, this is a spare radio for me, that I bought off EBAY when I 'thought' I was going to install a trunk mounted CD unit. Since I will sell this car ASAP, this is now a research toy, I can put it back together easily however. See the rear of the face below... Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 The rear as you can see, does not expose the window. It actually plugs into the main chassis. You will need to remove the tiny silver screws (see circles). If you attempt this, you will need to ensure that you don't damage the system with static electricity, touch metal and wear a wrist grounding strap especially in the dry winter months (treat this similar to computer cards, never place face down on metal, etc), Later I will dive in deeper and see what I find... back to work... Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Remove the 8 or so screws and the circuit board comes straight up, you can see the display on the circuit board and the window on the front cover and you can clean both, easy job! Mike Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Here is the front cover window from the inside..... I was joshing you, this is pretty easy to do, just take your time, and don't turn the front cover upside down and drop out any buttons when you take the circuit board out Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 By the way, I looked closely and I don't see any way that the window comes out, so don't try to take it out, if you are methodical, this is a very easy job to do, use my photos (save them to your hard drive), and take some of your own, it will go fine, Mike Buy a grounding strap, this is the one I have http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WRISTSTRAP Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDK Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Scotty, Only you and only on this site - could such a great explanation happen. I would guess you put some slack in jndnaps's jaw when he saw the pictures etc I believe you set the "site standard" for explaining, along with the fine pictures and graphics. A tough act to follow... <_< The CD player from inside my '94 is still in a baggie above my shop table. I could put it back together (as I did several times) but it still won't eject unless its "sun on the dashboard all day" hot. I don't really care about CD's now with the Sirius radio anyway. The CD slot is now handy for loose hundred dollar bills. Again, great job and I hope your posts get copied to the how-to section. Add power to leave problems behind. Most braking is just - poor planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jndnaps Posted February 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Dude, You are the man!!! Thanks for checking this out for me. I'll get on it in a day or two and let you know how it goes. Looks like a lot of work but I'm sure it will go pretty easy. How did you get the clips popped? Just a very small screw driver? Thanks again.. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocFey Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 I've got this splatter on the inside of my radio as well as the instrument cluster of the 96 STS. Looks like someone spilled a soda on the inside-have never been able to get it cleaned off. Thanks to Scotty for the pics and instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Aye, Thanks Mates, but the real Scotty, aye, now there was an engineer, TDK, if you ever want to get that CD repaired I have used this company a couple of times and they are good, they recondition the CD transport, and use the proper lubricant on the rails (its not a petroleum based lube however, petroleum based lubes draw dust and get sticky over time), http://modelelectronics.com John, yes you can use a small screw driver or put up with your wife yelling and use a kitchen knife at the dining room table eating dinner as I did! The red circle is the broken knob, you can buy new ones at the dealer for about $10 bucks each so be careful with them..they are known to crack, keep the high heals off the dash please The 8 screws are tiny tiny, I did not have a socket that small, so I opted for the needle nose, a tiny socket would have made the job easier, I plan to buy tiny sockets to put it together again. someday... I also circled the circuit board connector and note the large nut and washer, Mike Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regis Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 All hail Mr. Scott! The Explainationmeister comes through once again. Great pics by the way. TDK my 94 CD player had the same problem. It's a very very common problem. I don't know of anyone having a successful home fix for it but if you have it done professionally they just replace the CD player portion with a new updated unit. Cost: $200. If you want to buy just the player and install it yourself the cost is $400 (I laughed too). Comes with a 2 year warranty. I'm on my second year and I play CDs 90% of the time. Just incase you're interested. -kg "Burns" rubber " I've never considered myself to be all that conservative, but it seems the more liberal some people get the more conservative I become. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jndnaps Posted February 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Hey dude, I did it today.. Took all of 30mins to do. Very easy.. Would have taken 20mins if I has a small socket and not have to use the needle nose.. It came out great. What ever it was that got in there did leave a stain though. I tried a few cleaners and they didn't work to good.. I ended up using some mothers cleaner wax on it with a Q-Tip and it took most of it off. There is a very fine ghost stain still there but it's very hard to see now. If you didn't know it was there you would never notice it now. Looks great.. Thanks again for your detailed instructions, They helped out a lot. Without them I would have either broken the lens or it would have taken over two hours to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Glad to help Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I've got this splatter on the inside of my radio as well as the instrument cluster of the 96 STS. Looks like someone spilled a soda on the inside-have never been able to get it cleaned off. Thanks to Scotty for the pics and instructions. I DO believe the instrument cluster would also be easy, you just need to remove the instument cluster and there are again tiny screws that you remove and the plastic lens comes off and you can clean it.. But that job is better done in your warm garage or in the spring.. Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedog Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I've got this splatter on the inside of my radio as well as the instrument cluster of the 96 STS. Looks like someone spilled a soda on the inside-have never been able to get it cleaned off. Thanks to Scotty for the pics and instructions. I DO believe the instrument cluster would also be easy, you just need to remove the instument cluster and there are again tiny screws that you remove and the plastic lens comes off and you can clean it.. But that job is better done in your warm garage or in the spring.. What Scotty???? You mean ya don't have an "extra" instrument cluster "laying around" you can tear apart for us??? I am very disappointed. JUST KIDDDING! -dave Crystal Red Tintcoat Exterior | Shale/Brownstone Interior | 32k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OynxSTS Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Remove the 8 or so screws and the circuit board comes straight up, you can see the display on the circuit board and the window on the front cover and you can clean both, easy job! Mike Hey Mr Scott, Great posts and support, One question, The little lights in the picture of circuit board, are they replaceable or are they soldered in leds? Just wondering, as the little light behind my "on/off" button (the one on the dash up by "<info>") is intermittently failing. In your picture it looks like they are not replaceable. i.e. if they go you have to replace the whole board... Bummer.. Easin' down the highway in a new Cadillac, I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back ZZTOP, I'm Bad I'm Nationwide Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Remove the 8 or so screws and the circuit board comes straight up, you can see the display on the circuit board and the window on the front cover and you can clean both, easy job! Mike Hey Mr Scott, Great posts and support, One question, The little lights in the picture of circuit board, are they replaceable or are they soldered in leds? Just wondering, as the little light behind my "on/off" button (the one on the dash up by "<info>") is intermittently failing. In your picture it looks like they are not replaceable. i.e. if they go you have to replace the whole board... Bummer.. Thanks Yes those LED's are soldered in, two leads. Ahh to the contrare, if you can use a soldering iron (tiny tip for circuit board work) they are CAKE to replace! Get in touch with this company http://modelelectronics.com and see if they will sell them to you. I know that they replace burned out LEDS when they rebuild radios, you might want to try to soft soap a few out of them... If they don't help you out, after telling them that WE recommend them on THIS SITE whenever we have the opportunity look for companies that recondition our radios and I am sure that you will find one to sell you the LED's.. We can always stop recommending them....if they are not nice guys! Try to search the net also, I found these, you would need to check the voltage they are probably 12V: http://www.sloancorp.com/lightingproducts.html I recently replaced 12 capacitors on an ABIT motherboard that swelled up and the board stopped booting, replaced the caps....board ran for 3 more years!!! Yea baby, you can do this! Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Remember however that LED's, light emitting diodes are polarized (+) and (-), they have to go in the correct orientation, thats the only trickly part. I dont see any markings on the circuit board. Its possible that there is a DOT or (+) under the LED.... By the way, I just noticed that these are not blue LEDS, there are tiny rubber covers over them (like little condoms... ) Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the North star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the Northstar is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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