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Problems with stock '93 base stereo cutting out

Old 01-17-05, 02:54 PM
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Problems with stock '93 base stereo cutting out

Hey everybody -

I'm helping a local FD owner get his car fixed up. One problem he has is the stock stereo (it's a '93 base, with the base model tape deck) cuts out. Most times it doesn't work - sometimes, all of a sudden, it will come on and work.

I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but will this weekend. I'm thinking maybe a bad electrical connection to the stereo, but that sounds unlikely. Or, a bad solder joint or connection in the stereo.

Has anyone else had a similar problem? Anyone tried to fix it?

Thanks!
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Old 01-18-05, 10:26 AM
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Bump - anyone?

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In the driver's kick panel there is a fuse marked "audio". On my car the stereo would do the same thing on occasion and I finally found I could kick the fuse box and the radio would come on. In my case it turned out that the terminals which the fuse slips into were loose and had a poor connection. I gently crimped them shut with a small screwdriver and reinserted the fuse. That fixed it for me.
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Interesting! I'll definitely check that out this weekend when I'm working on his car. Thanks!

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