I have a JVC "DIN" chassis sterio and it tended to
want to slide out and not fit flush. I pushed it in
flush then and ran a flathead screwdriver through the
ashtray hole.....this way i could bend up the metal
tongues that are in the JVC housing(using the
screwdriver).These tongues press against the inside of
the metal dashboard and hold my JVC flush. I dont know
if yours has these metal tongues or not.

Phil 84' Westy, Tiico powered

--- Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>      When I bought my '84 Westy, it had no radio,
> and I stuck a Sony am/fm cassette deck I had in
> there, only problem was the Sony was too deep and it
> stuck out of the dash about 1/2 inch or so. Two
> weeks ago I found a Heidelberg am/fm cassette deck
> on eBay, so I bought it figuring it should
> fit-wrong-it doesn't fit any better than the Sony,
> as it too is too deep. The seller told me it came
> out of an '85 Vanagon. Is there a spacer plate or
> something I could be missing? Did the dash change
> between '84 and '85? I can see a notch in the
> plastic panel behind the radio slot where the radio
> chassis is supposed to fit, but if I push either
> radio in so it's flush with the dash, it starts to
> push upward at the rear and pushes the ashtray out.
> I wanted the Heidelberg for originality, but since
> it fits no better than the Sony, the Sony may stay
> since it actually sounds better. Any ideas (short of
> cutting any dash sections out) on how to get either
> radio to fit? TIA,  Jeff

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