Well Chip ;
I did say I'm not happy with it because it looks different but it _IS_
still a Becker Electronic that fits the hole correctly and has the correct connections and yes , it's happily playing away right now ~ the grubby faceplate bugged me to distraction so I took a clean lint free rag and some Meguiar's # 40 Plastic Cleaner and soaked the corner of the rag and rubbed the faceplate until it shone like new again , then I mopped the dashboard and cleaned the sweat stains off the driver's side inner door panel , yes , I like to cruise with my elbow out the open window like God and Mercedes Benz intended.....
One rag will clean quite a bit of plastic / vinyl of you're careful .
FWIW , SWMBO's nice '82 240D has a fancy-schmancy Kenwood CD Deck in it , I hated it from the jump but she says leave it alone because I/She can play CD's in it....
Of course , my CD's are mostly 1920's & 30's Blues with often non PC lyrics , the Foster Boys seem to enjoy them , SWMBO maybe a bit less.
I still have a few early Beckers and in time I'll either fix the dead one or pull out another old one and make it go .
I bought a tape cassette adapter at the .99 Cents Store , it works great , now if I can only figure out where I put the brand new pocket sized CD player I bought to use with it....
Nate R. hipped me to a place that repairs Beckers and other old Car Radios , I know ADSIT sells rebuilt Beckers but I hear nothing but complains about ADSIT so beware...
I hope this helps ? .
-Nate
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> Nate,
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> What an apostasy! I am almost positive this change out violates one of the original Nateisms. There is nothing worse than turning on one of your internal beliefs. This could end up with you in the gutter with a Panasonic or Sony!!
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> Enough of that. On the way to work this morning I was actually thinking of finding a repair source for MY ORIGINAL BECKER. My radio is still awesome, more than I would ever hope for, but my cassette deck has not worked since I have owned my coupe.
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> Any suggestions on who could do a job like that right?
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> Chip
> In Houston, disappointed in my mentor's fall from faith.
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