Aside from any "it's not original" concerns (which you are apparently
over), I don't know about a '72, but I put a DIN CD player in my 78, and
the only thing I had to do was find a file and square the opening a little
bit (30 seconds of filing but 5 minutes to actually find the file in the
garage).
The DIN (industry standard) fit perfectly, although I have spoken to
someone with a '69 who has had trouble getting theirs in because of the
heater cable. In the '78 you have to move the heater cable away (it just
barely fits through). Not sure if this is still a problem in the '72 or
not, but it might be because you have the older dash.
I've installed a lot too, as far as wiring goes, but I did have a problem
because apparently the DPO had *his* radio miswired, so on my newer
electronic CD player, every time I honked the horn the radio would reset.
:) But that was specific to my vehicle.
I'd say the only thing that's a worry for you, if you have the older dash,
is whether or not you can get it in past the heater cable.
- Tab
At 01:49 AM 6/16/02 -0500, Ryan Irwin wrote:
>Ok, I have a number of electrical/audio related questions:
>
>(For reference, I have a 1972 MGB with an original BL solid state AM radio)
>
>1) When I'm accelerating or running at higher-than-idle speeds, I get better
>reception, why is this? Could this be a current related problem that might
>mean my alternator may need attention?
>
>2) While liking the fact that nearly everything on my B seems to be very
>factory-original, this whole AM radio thing is not very handy if the B will be
>my primary summer vehicle. In fact, I may have just decided to sell my Sentra
>and pick up another equally crappy car for a winter vehicle when that sort of
>weather starts setting in. (Northern Indiana winters are hardly sports
>car-friendly.) Has anyone elses put a decent stereo in one of these cars?
>and how hard would it be to swap back to factory original once I do it?
>Currently my Sentra has a $300 Kenwood CD player that i would remove before i
>sell it, and it would be really nice in the B. But now's your chance to tell
>me why not to....
>
>3) Given the proposition layed by question #1, would this give me some real
>problems with #2?
>
>Wiring issues are really non-issues, I'm pretty good with that, having
>installed 6 of these stereos into various cars, and the wiring, by all means,
>can't be harder than trying to get the tail lights on my Midget to work.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Ryan Irwin
>'72 MGB
>'61 Midget
>'89 Sentra (unofficially for sale at $2,250)
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