geosnooker2000
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- Somerville TN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '10 Eddie Bauer V8 4x4
Tryng to install my son's Christmas present today. A Sony HU. The problem I'm having is removing the factory HU. It is the "High-Level Audio System - Page 20" in the orriginal operating guide. As an aside, I believe that comes with an amp in the back right trim in the cargo area, but without a sub-woofer. There is one HU that is higher grade in the Operating Guide, but 2 HUs that are lower.
Here's my problem at this point. The Haynes manual says to remove the HU, you must first remove the instrument cluster trim panel (see Chapter 11). Last night (it was freakin' cold) my son and I.....
1) doubted that it was nessesary.
2) tried to remove the trim panel, but ran into trouble above the steering column, and all the electrical connections you would have to unplug to remove the trim panel
3) went back to trying to remove the Head Unit with 2 pieces of coat hanger.
4) the HU is moving with the trim panel, like it's primarily atatched to that. Not the dash innerds.
5) One of us would hold the trim panel away about 3 or 4 inches (all we could muster without tearing something up) while the other stuck the home-made puller tools into the HU and tried to pull it out. You could actually see the coathangers going into the keeper bracket and colapse inward like it's supposed to, but it just wouldn't budge. We tried it with the panel pulled out that way AND with the panel back in place.
Where are we going wrong?
Here's my problem at this point. The Haynes manual says to remove the HU, you must first remove the instrument cluster trim panel (see Chapter 11). Last night (it was freakin' cold) my son and I.....
1) doubted that it was nessesary.
2) tried to remove the trim panel, but ran into trouble above the steering column, and all the electrical connections you would have to unplug to remove the trim panel
3) went back to trying to remove the Head Unit with 2 pieces of coat hanger.
4) the HU is moving with the trim panel, like it's primarily atatched to that. Not the dash innerds.
5) One of us would hold the trim panel away about 3 or 4 inches (all we could muster without tearing something up) while the other stuck the home-made puller tools into the HU and tried to pull it out. You could actually see the coathangers going into the keeper bracket and colapse inward like it's supposed to, but it just wouldn't budge. We tried it with the panel pulled out that way AND with the panel back in place.
Where are we going wrong?
