indian mark
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I finally got around to this project. I'd give myself an A for effort and a B- for results.
I bought one of those compartments a couple months ago. Unfortunately, the one I got was not only broken, but the wrong one. Minor bummer. I had Saturday off and wanted to get this done. Figured it'd take an hour or two, so I just used the part they sent. I think it's for an older truck.
I removed the face from my original cassette deck, trimmed off the edges, (turns out I trimmed off to much), then glued the buttons and slot cover in place. Then I JB welded a hinge to the cassette face back side and screwed it to the box. I shoved it in the slot, put the large plastic thingie back on and called it done.
The whole project took almost 4 hours of screwing around trying to get it right. I'm wanting to try again if I can get another cassette deck face plate.
I just ordered another compartment from Ebay.
A couple problems are: The current box doesn't fit quite right. I trimmed to much off the plate. and the face plate is pretty thick with the cassette door on it, so when it's swung up it takes up a lot of the opening space. I can still put my wallet, keys, cell phone, and Sirius radio thing in there, although I haven't tried putting all that crap in at once.
Here's some photos of the project. They're not great because I took 'em with my cell phone.
I bought one of those compartments a couple months ago. Unfortunately, the one I got was not only broken, but the wrong one. Minor bummer. I had Saturday off and wanted to get this done. Figured it'd take an hour or two, so I just used the part they sent. I think it's for an older truck.
I removed the face from my original cassette deck, trimmed off the edges, (turns out I trimmed off to much), then glued the buttons and slot cover in place. Then I JB welded a hinge to the cassette face back side and screwed it to the box. I shoved it in the slot, put the large plastic thingie back on and called it done.
The whole project took almost 4 hours of screwing around trying to get it right. I'm wanting to try again if I can get another cassette deck face plate.
I just ordered another compartment from Ebay.
A couple problems are: The current box doesn't fit quite right. I trimmed to much off the plate. and the face plate is pretty thick with the cassette door on it, so when it's swung up it takes up a lot of the opening space. I can still put my wallet, keys, cell phone, and Sirius radio thing in there, although I haven't tried putting all that crap in at once.
Here's some photos of the project. They're not great because I took 'em with my cell phone.
