WTB 90-91 Radio

[BlackWidow#2]

My radio quit, looking for a replacement. Anybody have anything?
Thanks, George

[Kevin]

could you send it to dr. don or marc and have it repaired?

[BlackWidow#2]

Hi Kevin,
Of course I could do that, but our radios are not exactly state of the art by todays standard. I can't see spending what it would take to repair what I have. I'll either put a used one in or go with a state of the art aftermarket unit if nothing turns up. Make sense?

[WVZR-1]

Hi Kevin,
Of course I could do that, but our radios are not exactly state of the art by todays standard. I can't see spending what it would take to repair what I have. I'll either put a used one in or go with a state of the art aftermarket unit if nothing turns up. Make sense?

What doesn't your radio do?

You've got the "control head" (in dash) and you have the CDM that on a '91MY is under the right side hush panel up near the back-side of the fuse block. Here's what I recall is a pretty good video for removal.

http://www.carstereohelp.com/stereoremovalCorvettevideo.htm

[BlackWidow#2]

The clock stopped updating the time and the radio has no sound, the stations will not seek or scan etc, but it does light up. Per the service manual I unhooked the battery but that didn't help. No blown fuses. I think the head unit is bad. Since the battery was unhooked, the time stays at 1:00, it is illuminated, just stays at 1:00. When you turn the radio on, it is at 87.3 (or somewhere near there) and you cannot get the frequency to change. No sound from speakers.

[WVZR-1]

The clock stopped updating the time and the radio has no sound, the stations will not seek or scan etc, but it does light up. Per the service manual I unhooked the battery but that didn't help. No blown fuses. I think the head unit is bad. Since the battery was unhooked, the time stays at 1:00, it is illuminated, just stays at 1:00. When you turn the radio on, it is at 87.3 (or somewhere near there) and you cannot get the frequency to change. No sound from speakers.

Does cassette or CD work?

[BlackWidow#2]

No, neither works. The Cd player will not pull a CD in so I haven't forced one in. Cassettes go in ok, but don't play. They do eject as normal.

[mike100]

Shawn at Corvettenutz has a pile of them I'm sure. He had a dozen CDM's to pick thru when mine went out. Probably a good chance a working radio has a bad CD player though.

[Kevin]

Hi Kevin,
Of course I could do that, but our radios are not exactly state of the art by todays standard. I can't see spending what it would take to repair what I have. I'll either put a used one in or go with a state of the art aftermarket unit if nothing turns up. Make sense?

sure does. I know how ya feel

[gbrtng]

The clock stopped updating the time and the radio has no sound, the stations will not seek or scan etc, but it does light up. Per the service manual I unhooked the battery but that didn't help. No blown fuses. I think the head unit is bad. Since the battery was unhooked, the time stays at 1:00, it is illuminated, just stays at 1:00. When you turn the radio on, it is at 87.3 (or somewhere near there) and you cannot get the frequency to change. No sound from speakers.
Call Dr Don - that sounds like the receiver has pooped the bed, not the head unit. He repaired one for me last year for $150.00. Worth the hassle of repairing, I think.

[scottfab]

Shawn at Corvettenutz has a pile of them I'm sure. He had a dozen CDM's to pick thru when mine went out. Probably a good chance a working radio has a bad CD player though.

This sounds like the best option. The thing with the CD player is usually the ribbon on the head. It rubs on a metal edge and wears through.
Maybe if you find a replacement with a failed CD you can swap out the
ribbon/head part in you broken one. Then tie it off so it does not rub.

It really depends on how stock you want to keep it.
The other option some use is to just rip out things that don't work
rather than fix them.

[Pete]

If i have an aftermarket radio,can i remove the CDM completly?

If so i can send you mine to try.

Pete