TR6 TR6 Radio & Center Console ?'s

[brent615]

Two questions:

#1 did the original AM/FM radios use a mounting bracket like you see on modern cars or did the two face plates secured with the nuts on the stems of the radio hold it in place?

#2 what size are the bolts that go through the feet of the center console into the floor boards? Either I have lost mine or it didn't have them when I bought the car and I just recently noticed things rattling in that area.

Thanks!
Brent

 

[BobbyD]

My original radio did not have a bracket but I can't say for sure that is how it came from the factory.

The dash support bolts are, as I recall, 1/4" fine thread but I bet the threads are all messed from coarse threaded bolts getting cranked in there over the years. I ended up re-tapping them to 5/16th coarse.

 

[71TR6]

Brent,
TR6 radio used a faceplate with nuts on the radio stems to hold the radio to the center console.

The bolts holding the console to the floor are 1/4-28UNF, 1.5" long. Since it sounds like your console hasn't been installed for a while, I'd recommend chasing the threads with a tap to make sure they're clean.

RonW
71TR6

 

[kodanja]

<span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">I used the faceplate that came with the system
No bolts but a nice braket mount behind the dash.

BTW: Bob, My center console bolts were stripped by the PO, so I re-tapped them too.
no more rattle!</span></span> :hammer:[/b][/size]

 

[Guest]

Ditto on the retapping. I, too, had mine stripped and went with some nice stout 5/16 SAE threads. And lock washers.

 

[Guest]

If nobody has hacked at your radio cut out, the stock radio fits solid with just the face plate mountings. My face plate is actually plastic and it's solid as a rock. The molding around the face plate is metal but is only a bezel for the plastic center, not a support bracket. The stock radios are very lightweight.

 

[gbtr6]

I also have a traditional 3 hole radio, but mine had a strap on the back to hold the back of the radio up, otherwise thats a lot of pressure on the shafts, could break them. Look and see if you have a strap, attached to the heater if I remember correctly.

Perry

 

[Guest]

I also have a traditional 3 hole radio, but mine had a strap on the back to hold the back of the radio up, otherwise thats a lot of pressure on the shafts, could break them. Look and see if you have a strap, attached to the heater if I remember correctly.

Perry

I know that it doesn't, I put it in. The original owner had an after market cassette deck that the dealer installed for him when he bought the car new. Thankfully the AM/FM cassette radio was the same size so the hole was never enlarged.

 

[Brosky]

My original radio was like Stirkle's and it never had a rear bracket either. That's not to say that it shouldn't have been there, but it was a dealer installed accessory when my wife bought it new in 1974.

 

[Minesweeper]

My '76 has a factory radio support bracket spot welded to the heater box. I have a vague recollection that this bracket also acted as a chassis ground for my original radio. Maybe these brackets were added at some point in the '74 model year? Or, were there ever factory installed radios? Cars with a factory radio had a bracket and cars with dealer installed radios had no bracket????

In any event, I have often left aftermarket radios unattached to the bracket and have found that the center console alone is more than adequate.

Scott

 

[TR6oldtimer]

My '73 has the strap for the radio...

 

[Gliderman8]

Hi- I happen to have the orignial Bendix Installation instructions for the TR6 radio. Step #3 says:

3. Fasten existing strap on heater to stud on rear of radio with M6x1 nut. (Note: for FM/AM radio, twist strap 180 degrees to align hole in strap with stud).

I hope this helps!
Gliderman8

 

[brent615]

thanks,,,,and thanks to all! i do appear to have a screw that I assumed was for a ground on the underside of the heater. so far the face plates seem to be holding everything in place but we all know how these things rattle! every time I hit a bump I check the rear view to see if I lost anything!! So far nothing major.