Automatic hatchback n radio n such
10-04-2002 | 04:02 AM
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Automatic hatchback n radio n such
Well this is my first post to this forum... 
I call a 89 Z28 my own
Its equipped with that electric hatchback release thingy. One evening I thought I'll give it a try, pushed that button long and a short time again when the lid was open. It stayed open... Means, when I closed the lid again, nothing happened, where usually this lid should be closed automatically. Next day I went to an US car service (rare here around in Germany 
), told this guy there my &%* hatchback wouldnt close, and he walked to the car, sticked a finger into the lock and suddenly this small motor in the lock did something and came up. He touched it again, and the motor went down again. When he closed the hatchback, it got closed as it should be closed. This seems to be a common problem? He told me that the motor in the lock got somehow irritated and stayed down instead of coming up.
Does anyone have an idea, finally, after all this blabbing, what he could have touched inside there what made the lock work again?
And here's the second ques. I promise to make it fast. The car has this huge old Delco radio, and I'd like to replace it with my cool modern CD player
www.americaninternational.com seems to provide the tools necessary, or is it something different? I guess no one out there stays with the Delco? 
OK I'm done now. You may wake up. I said WAKE UP.
Thanks n seeya all
DB
I call a 89 Z28 my own
Its equipped with that electric hatchback release thingy. One evening I thought I'll give it a try, pushed that button long and a short time again when the lid was open. It stayed open... Means, when I closed the lid again, nothing happened, where usually this lid should be closed automatically. Next day I went to an US car service (rare here around in Germany ), told this guy there my &%* hatchback wouldnt close, and he walked to the car, sticked a finger into the lock and suddenly this small motor in the lock did something and came up. He touched it again, and the motor went down again. When he closed the hatchback, it got closed as it should be closed. This seems to be a common problem? He told me that the motor in the lock got somehow irritated and stayed down instead of coming up.Does anyone have an idea, finally, after all this blabbing, what he could have touched inside there what made the lock work again?
And here's the second ques. I promise to make it fast. The car has this huge old Delco radio, and I'd like to replace it with my cool modern CD player
www.americaninternational.com seems to provide the tools necessary, or is it something different? I guess no one out there stays with the Delco? OK I'm done now. You may wake up. I said WAKE UP.
Thanks n seeya all
DB
10-05-2002 | 01:58 PM
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Hey,
Well, forst off I was reading your post and just thought something was weird. If memory serves, there were no Z28's in 89, or 88 or 90 for that matter. GM dropped the name for the IROC. Thats just what I know to to be true. Anywho, I have heard of these units getting stuck. They just need to be lubed, like everything else in these cars, power locks, and so on.
As far as the radio goes, there is no big secret to replacing the delco unit. You can put ANY aftermarket unit there, as lond as you get the standard adapter, or "fill-in" plate. This plate will fill in the extramspace surrounding the deck and make it look like it was meant to be there.
Well, I hope thet helps.....
Will
Well, forst off I was reading your post and just thought something was weird. If memory serves, there were no Z28's in 89, or 88 or 90 for that matter. GM dropped the name for the IROC. Thats just what I know to to be true. Anywho, I have heard of these units getting stuck. They just need to be lubed, like everything else in these cars, power locks, and so on.
As far as the radio goes, there is no big secret to replacing the delco unit. You can put ANY aftermarket unit there, as lond as you get the standard adapter, or "fill-in" plate. This plate will fill in the extramspace surrounding the deck and make it look like it was meant to be there.
Well, I hope thet helps.....
Will
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