Peter wrote:
Can you help me with my radio? I have a 1999 Monte Carlo Z34 with about 3
blown bulbs. How do you change these bulbs and/or remove the radio?

I'll assume there is no easy way to accomplish this, but since you work on
these all the time, maybe you can help.


Peter,

The bulbs are soldered to the board, if you are equipped to deal with
soldering on a smallish scale read on:

I don't work at a Chevy garage, so this removal procedure may be a
little vague, but in a nutshell you have to pull the bezel/trim panel
off that goes around the instrument cluster, radio and heater controls.
Usually these panels are just held in place by spring clips and the
panel should pull straight off. On some applications the bottom of
the panel tucks in under the panel below the steering column. Once
you get the panel off, there will be two or three screws holding the
radio in, after removing the screws the radio pulls straight out.

Remove any round knobs from the front of the radio by pulling straight
off. Pop the top and bottom covers off the radio. find two or three
groups of wires (depending on radio model) coming out from the
faceplate area and plugging into the boards inside the radio, unplug
these wires at the connectors on the boards. Carefully release the
tabs around the perimeter of the faceplate and pull the faceplate
straight off. Looking at the backside of the faceplate you should see
a number of screws holding the display and button circuit board to the
backside of the faceplate. Remove these screws while holding the board
in place. Put the faceplate face down (this is so all the buttons and
light tubes don't fall out of it) and remove the circuit board.

Now you should be looking at all the lamps! If you have more than a
couple blown, you might want to replace them all while you are there.

Good luck!
D