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fenwayfool
Hello,
I now remember why I don't work on my car very often...
Over the weekend I decided to get my Sirius radio attached to my 2005
Outback via an FM modulator. I had all the parts I needed from
Crutchfield and things looked fairly simple.
Well... I then ran into the manual climate control cable when I tried
pulling the radio out to get at the antenna connection. According to
Crutchfield I could simply go under the driver's side dashboard and
slide a little "O" shaped cable end off a little plastic level arm (for
lack of a better description). I'm here to tell you that that little
"O" shaped cable end DOES NOT come off. I went as far as building a
pry tool with a 1" putty knife and my dremmel to try to pull it off.
NO GO. I did manage to dislodge the cable from a pressure clip holding
the cable housing in place... and just getting that back in was not
easy. Basically, doing anything under the dashboard is difficult being
that there is no room to manuver. There appears to be a small notch on
the plastic lever that makes getting the cable on a 1-way deal. Once
the O ring pops over the notch you can forget about getting it off
(without mangling it, I guess). Not real pleased with Crutchfield.
Anyway, I managed to get most of the radio out so I could grab the
antenna cable... put in the FM modulator and a GLI just to be safe...
sealed it all up. Sirius radio sounds great... I can even hook my iPod
up... almost as good as a aux-in. Very nice. BUT...
Now here's the problem... I get no HEAT!!! That cable that I spoke of
controls the cold/heat knob... the cable seems to be working and moving
the plastic lever up and down... but NO HEAT! What the heck did I do?
Note to self... never work on car again.
I now remember why I don't work on my car very often...
Over the weekend I decided to get my Sirius radio attached to my 2005
Outback via an FM modulator. I had all the parts I needed from
Crutchfield and things looked fairly simple.
Well... I then ran into the manual climate control cable when I tried
pulling the radio out to get at the antenna connection. According to
Crutchfield I could simply go under the driver's side dashboard and
slide a little "O" shaped cable end off a little plastic level arm (for
lack of a better description). I'm here to tell you that that little
"O" shaped cable end DOES NOT come off. I went as far as building a
pry tool with a 1" putty knife and my dremmel to try to pull it off.
NO GO. I did manage to dislodge the cable from a pressure clip holding
the cable housing in place... and just getting that back in was not
easy. Basically, doing anything under the dashboard is difficult being
that there is no room to manuver. There appears to be a small notch on
the plastic lever that makes getting the cable on a 1-way deal. Once
the O ring pops over the notch you can forget about getting it off
(without mangling it, I guess). Not real pleased with Crutchfield.
Anyway, I managed to get most of the radio out so I could grab the
antenna cable... put in the FM modulator and a GLI just to be safe...
sealed it all up. Sirius radio sounds great... I can even hook my iPod
up... almost as good as a aux-in. Very nice. BUT...
Now here's the problem... I get no HEAT!!! That cable that I spoke of
controls the cold/heat knob... the cable seems to be working and moving
the plastic lever up and down... but NO HEAT! What the heck did I do?
Note to self... never work on car again.