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Originally Posted by Lady72nRob71
The radio comes out from behind the dash if original 2-knob style.
The A/C ductwork and lower plenum may need to get loosened or removed for more room. Pulling off the lower valiance (chin) may gain you some more wiggle room to get under there.
On mine with a bench seat, I put the seat all the way back and bent myself into a pretzel for a while. I just considered it my free yoga lesson... 
If you have a console and buckets, you might have more advanced yoga to do...  |
Yup!, What Rob said.
On the back side there is a 3 connector electrical plug (The yellow wire going into the 3 connector plug is your power wire.) going into the radio, a white plastic static strap attached to the side of the radio and goes to the underside of the dashpad, and the dash antenna plug in. Dont' cut the white plastic strap if you're putting an original Olds radio back in. Undo all these BEFORE you start on the front of the radio.
From the front side, gently pull straight out on the inner knobs. Watch for the wave washers that should be underneath, and save them. The Tone and Fader knobs come off really easy. Note: if equipped with a rear fader your radio might have the 3 prongs on the back. Gently ease this assembly straight out. Now you have access to the retaining nuts. Loosen them, spin them off, and your radio will come out really easy from behind the dash.