Help Me!

[abicoeffect]

1)ok so i cant for the life of me get the freaking radio out of my truck its a 94 xlt w/ the radio thats needs the DIN tool to remove it and i've had some sugestions to get it out w/o haveing to buy them but none the less it cant loosen it up at all... can ne one help me with that?

2) i was driving my truck today and the check engin light randomly came on... i have NO IDEA what caused it to and i dont have the $$ to pay someone to look at it... heres what happened i was driving 70 on the freeway and it would come on for 10 sec or so and then go off for about 30 sec and so on and so on... well i dn if it was the driving conditions cuz one it was like 30degrees outside and ice was all over the front of my car and i live in TX or i took it mudding today and the engin was a tidbit muddy idk if that has ne thing to do w/ it either... ne way can you help me w/ this too?

thanks for the help
Matt

 

[walterd140]

Welcome to the forum. You will get many hours of information here & feel free to do searches in this catagory.

Not sure what to tell you about the radio.... should come out if you cobble some tools that allow you to insert into the sides at the same time, then you should be able to pull it out.

Check engine light could be just about anything. You could go to Autozone (are they in Texas??) & have them run the code for free. They have those computers they will hook up to the truck that reads the code & gives a list of parts that are assoicated with the fault. Don't know if the light has to be constant or if they can read the stored codes in the computer.

Sorry for not being much help, but it's better then nothing
Walter

 

[marragtop]

For the radio, get 2 pieces of a metal coat hangar. Bend each piece into a "U" shape and push both pieces into the radio holes. The radio should pull out. As the previous poster said, most Autozones will pull codes for free. Get the codes pulled and post them back to the forum. Your problem could be the throttle position sensor. The codes will tell.

 

[abicoeffect]

thanks im gonna head to autozone today and get the codes.... can yall tell what they are if i put them up here?

 

[abicoeffect]

ok so i took my car... because the check engin light isnt actuily on ne more nothing came up... but i got all the crap i needed to put my stereo in and i was wondering do you need a mounting kit cuz i got one for my make/modle and it looks complicated... plus can somebody give me a step by step to install the head unit cuz i cant seem to get the dash off to take the old unit out... thanks

 

[walterd140]

My new radio came with it's own frame that fit nicely without any extra mounting kit, so I'm not sure what to tell you. I did see the aftermarked kit at Autozone & yes, it does look a little hard.