I have an 87 IROC (new to me, owned it for about three weeks) and the tape player will simply eject any tape that is inserted. Lights blink on it, the heads try to engage (i think) and then it immediately spits the tape out. The eject button is 'depressed' at all times. When I insert a tape the ject button does not rise up. I have shined a light in to the tape deck to try and determine if anything is jammed or wedged, but I can't find any issues. Any advice? I don't want to swap out the unit, I like the factory system. TRG PS. Pics www.tvcc.edu/faculty/ballen/front.jpg www.tvcc.edu/faculty/ballen/inside.jpg Paid 4K, and I am looking for factory original tires for it. The Boyd Coddingtons are scheduled to be removed.

nice Iroc dude. Yeah my tape player will play the tapes for like and hour then outta nowhere tears them up. But I won't ever switch it out, there is no other unit that will look that good in there. I've seen other third gens with modern units and they look hella fugly. Keep it for sure.

I could fix it for about 20.oo. they are really easy to fix. TheRedGoat; Your problem is either the spring that returns the eject button or the "latch" that holds it.
Adrian87camaro; Your problem is probably the pinch roller spring broken or loose.
A decent repair shop wont charge more than 75-100 to fix them.

When you insert a cassette does it switch sides(auto reverse) before it ejects?If so it most likely means that your cassette drive belt is broken.Ive actually swapped out a few cassette units into radios that werent functioning.Its not too hard to do

I did not drive it today so I can't be certain if it switches sides, but from recollection ... yes. It seemed like it was trying to switch sides.

If it does the auto reverse thing then ejects the tape its most likely a snapped drive belt.The cassette unit is a seperate part of the radio.It connects via a plug in wire harness.Therefore you dont have to replace the entire radio,just the cassette unit itself.I would just go junkyard hunting and gut one out of another delco radio.These radios are very common in 80` gm vehicles.Just make sure that the ff,rew and eject buttons are all in same spot as yours and it will be an exact fit.If you remove the bottom cover and look at the underside of the cassette unit you can usually see if the drive belt is intact or not.It looks like a black rubberband and will be wrapped around the wheels inside.That way you will know if its a good unit or not

Any advice on the steps required to pull the unit out?

My 1990 grand prix deck had the same problem. I have two AC Delco factory decks- i will not be using them. if you can send me a pic -i can make sure its the same one you have- id love to sell mine for cheap. email me at jreigner@verizon.net.

I would say that its the drive belt also. I had the same problem with my factory bose cassette radio. Tape would eject itself when inserted. I found the drive belt was broken. Did some searching and found a replacement belt and put it in and now the tape player works fine. To pull the radio, there is 4 torx screws(t15 torx) on the radio/heater bezel. Remove the screws and remove the bezel. Should come right off. There are 4 bolts(7 or 8 mm) holding the radio in the pod. Remove those and the radio should slide right out. Just have to unplug the wires and antenna.

i wish the guy who owned my daytona 500 edition trans am before me kept the stock cassette unit and not this piece of crap pioneer in it now. but soon i will put my new unit in, once i find some decent speakers. i really like to see your head unit TRG post some pics please

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/ca...ml#post3953580 (KARR's Car Stereo Upgrade 2.0)

http://www.tvcc.edu/faculty/ballen/inside.jpg

I'm sorry, but that is the only pic I have currently. Hope that helps.

TRG

your radio is rad dude, you should keep it. my car came stock with the same one but with red led clock display

Mine is the Blue/Green display. Speaking of the clock. How do I set it? Blew a fuse the other day plugging in my Valentine One radar detector.

To set the clock you have to have the ign on and the radio power off so the clock is displayed.Push the set button on the right side and then toggle the time by using the scan and seek buttons for hr and min respectivly

Thank you, would have never figured that one out!

you are lucky dude,
the Previous owner kept all the maunals for my car but could not keep the stock radio

I can help you with your dilema

to set the hour:
Pull the SCAN button out and holding until correct hour appears.

to set the minutes:
Pull the SEEK button out and holding until correct minute appears