RE: Stereo Removal Tool

["Matt Cleland" <cleland@stlnet.com>]

Hi Brian..

Once you get the receiver out, you'll see how it works.. :-(

I think I just used a thin strip of metal on each side, but the key for
me was to remove the A/C controls so I could get my hand up under the 
radio and push from the rear.  That way, when I got the latch undone, I
could push that side of the radio out a bit so it wouldn't re-latch.

Good Luck, it was tough to get out until I saw how the latch works...

BTW, I don't buy the dealer's argument about theft.  The durn radios are 
coded anyhow, so who would steal it?  More dealer BS.

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Matt Cleland					cleland@stlnet.com
98 Jetta GLX
Black/Biber

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Brian Wanamaker
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 12:52 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Stereo Removal Tool
> 
> 
> I'm trying to remove the receiver from my 98 GLX so I can put in a
> Blaupunkt unit. My stereo is the "VW Premiun" system that the more
> recent 98s come with. It requires a special tool, not a normal DIN tool.
> The receiver has two very narrow slots on either side of it, so narrow
> that a thin ignition points file wouldn't fit in them. The VW dealer
> will not sell me one; said if they sold them to the public, it would
> increase radio theft. I doubt it, but what do I know? The dealer offered
> to remove the receiver for me, but I prefer to swap the systems out on
> my own schedule. 
> 
> Does anyone know where I can buy one of these forbidden tools? Or, has
> anyone figured out how to remove the radio without the tool?
> 
> I tried Timmons and Crutchfield, but they don't carry them.
> 
> B. Wanamaker
>