Vauxhall Astra problem

[Will]

Hi,

I recently bought a 1999 Vauxhall Astra. But I've been unable to remove the tape player in place of a cd player. There are four small screws in place at the far right and left. I removed these and still it won't budge. Could someone enlighten me as to how this could be achieved?

Cheers,

Will

[Hex]

you remove the small grub screws then you want to get a wire coat hanger and cut it in two and bend teh two halves so that an end goes in each of teh holes where the grub screws where.

Now the unit should pull out. The wires "unlock" the cage holding the unit in.
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[Rookie]

You can buy a tool specifically for this from Halfords for about a fiver, but it's literally 2 bits of metal that resemble a couple of bits of coat hanger.

[Icey]

99.....is that the Mrk3.2 Astra? (i.e the later Mrk3 with more rounded features, wing mirrors etc...)

If it is, then it should just be a case of getting two pieces of metal, easiest from a coat hanger, bend them into a U shape and wedge them in the 4 holes.

Last time I fitted kit into an Astra I just used 4 small screw drivers.

As fair as I remember the earlier ones are the same....as are the Mrk4s.

Or I could be mistaken....its been a while!

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[Method]

Newer CD Players / Radios will have locking pins in them to aid security.

The theory is that to remove the CD PLayers etc the robber needs to have the CD Keys that fit your cd - in reality they can be picked up for pennies at Halfords, or free if you go to your local Dealer and just ask one of the mechanics if they have any you can borrow for a second.

Im not clued up on astra's but it definately seems like you can simply stick anything in there (eg a coat hanger) and push to clips out that way.

Once those clips are pressed by something (your coathanger) then the radio etc will simply drop out.


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[plugger147]

I bought a set of removal forks from a local car stereo place for £2 it's always handy to have knocking about.If i recall you have to switch a wire over on certain vauxhalls or the new system looses it's memory, check the instructions with the new system.
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