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Hi all,
In the course of transplanting (swapping) a working cassette drive into my 1987 TC's OEM Ford Premium Sound AM/FM cassette radio, somehow I lost the FM function. AM works okay as does the newly-transferred cassette player, but something somewhere ain't right.
Lacking a schematic, I've gone over and over the radio chassis looking for something obvious...no luck so far.
Last week I visited a local Pick-A-Part DIY salvage yard, and miraculously found a Premium Sound radio in an old Bronco! Even more amazing, it still works. The problem: this radio is a rotating-knob one, and my existing setup has the sliding balance control. This means I'll most likely have to remove/bypass the graphic equalizer, which I really don't want to do.
My question is: has anyone else ever done this? While I'm intelligent enough to figure this out, it would be sooo much easier for someone else that has already done it to instruct me as to the proper method.
I know the obvious question is, "why don't you get rid of that old piece of junk and install a more modern head unit?" Easy answer--I'd like to keep everything as stock as possible. As amusing as this sounds--I don't listen to the radio all that much (I have an old Sony cassette adapter that plugs into my iPod and plays through the radio), as I generally hate commercial radio. (But we do have an amazing classic FM station here that makes all this trouble worthwhile, and is listener supported--no ads!)
Thanks in advance for whatever help/assistance you can provide.
In the course of transplanting (swapping) a working cassette drive into my 1987 TC's OEM Ford Premium Sound AM/FM cassette radio, somehow I lost the FM function. AM works okay as does the newly-transferred cassette player, but something somewhere ain't right.
Lacking a schematic, I've gone over and over the radio chassis looking for something obvious...no luck so far.
Last week I visited a local Pick-A-Part DIY salvage yard, and miraculously found a Premium Sound radio in an old Bronco! Even more amazing, it still works. The problem: this radio is a rotating-knob one, and my existing setup has the sliding balance control. This means I'll most likely have to remove/bypass the graphic equalizer, which I really don't want to do.
My question is: has anyone else ever done this? While I'm intelligent enough to figure this out, it would be sooo much easier for someone else that has already done it to instruct me as to the proper method.
I know the obvious question is, "why don't you get rid of that old piece of junk and install a more modern head unit?" Easy answer--I'd like to keep everything as stock as possible. As amusing as this sounds--I don't listen to the radio all that much (I have an old Sony cassette adapter that plugs into my iPod and plays through the radio), as I generally hate commercial radio. (But we do have an amazing classic FM station here that makes all this trouble worthwhile, and is listener supported--no ads!)
Thanks in advance for whatever help/assistance you can provide.
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1987 Turbo Coupe w/T5OD, 8.8 axle, grey smoke; most options. Got it in 1991 with 41K miles: 3 turbos, 2 heater cores, 2 T5OD full rebuilds, 6 clutches, 1 head gasket, 2 Teves II ABS units, etc. later....
1987 Turbo Coupe w/T5OD, 8.8 axle, grey smoke; most options. Got it in 1991 with 41K miles: 3 turbos, 2 heater cores, 2 T5OD full rebuilds, 6 clutches, 1 head gasket, 2 Teves II ABS units, etc. later....