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radio repair #1172396 02/05/12 09:32 AM 02/05/12 09:32 AM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 322 MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA S sunroof446 OP enthusiast
sunroof446 OP enthusiast S Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 322 MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA	I have a 70 b body am fm I need repaired the am is not working. I called wards they said it would be about 12 weeks. Is there anybody else that does radio's?

Re: radio repair [Re: sunroof446] #1172397 02/05/12 01:34 PM 02/05/12 01:34 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 579 Wattsburg, Pa D Dr V mopar
Dr V mopar D Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 579 Wattsburg, Pa	Call this guy. Its my wifes uncle, he has done them all his life. Dr V http://www.mikehaganantiqueautoradio.com/ 69 1/2 A12 BEE 4 spd 1968 Charger 383 1970 Roadrunner 440+6 Survivor 2019 Redeye 2005 FORD GT Red/White 2017 Viper ACR Extreme Red/White 1979 Branco Red/Red 2018 Porsche GT3 Miami 1971 440+6 Cuda 4 speed V2 2020 Sebring Orange Vette 1979 Chevy Boogie Hippie Van

Re: radio repair [Re: Dr V] #1172398 02/06/12 10:55 AM 02/06/12 10:55 AM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 322 MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA S sunroof446 OP enthusiast
sunroof446 OP enthusiast S Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 322 MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA	Quote: Call this guy. Its my wifes uncle, he has done them all his life. Dr V http://www.mikehaganantiqueautoradio.com/ Just talked to mike. He is the right guy to send it to. Thanks.

Re: radio repair [Re: sunroof446] #1172399 02/06/12 08:25 PM 02/06/12 08:25 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama BigMoneyLewis master
BigMoneyLewis master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama	Sorry about the turnaround times . We are averaging about 12 weeks right now . I have about 65-70 radios in the shop at the moment . We are working hard to get our turnaround time back down to under 30 days , but with 5 or 6 radios a day coming in , it's tough. We stopped taking in GM and Ford so we could concentrate on Mopar A B E body ,and are no longer doing 8 tracks, so that should help us get caught up a little faster , I hope. Greg gregward@mchsi.com phone 256-852-0955

Re: radio repair [Re: BigMoneyLewis] #1172400 02/06/12 09:07 PM 02/06/12 09:07 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 322 MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA S sunroof446 OP enthusiast
sunroof446 OP enthusiast S Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 322 MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA	His turn around time is pretty long to. I just mean't right guy becuase He seemed very knowledgable about radio's. Explaining differances about motorola made & phillips made. Got pretty techinical. I know you do great work too. Last edited by sunroof446; 02/06/12 09:16 PM.

Re: radio repair [Re: sunroof446] #1172401 02/06/12 10:44 PM 02/06/12 10:44 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 579 Wattsburg, Pa D Dr V mopar
Dr V mopar D Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 579 Wattsburg, Pa	Quote: Quote: Call this guy. Its my wifes uncle, he has done them all his life. Dr V http://www.mikehaganantiqueautoradio.com/ Just talked to mike. He is the right guy to send it to. Thanks. No problem. Good Luck 69 1/2 A12 BEE 4 spd 1968 Charger 383 1970 Roadrunner 440+6 Survivor 2019 Redeye 2005 FORD GT Red/White 2017 Viper ACR Extreme Red/White 1979 Branco Red/Red 2018 Porsche GT3 Miami 1971 440+6 Cuda 4 speed V2 2020 Sebring Orange Vette 1979 Chevy Boogie Hippie Van

Re: radio repair [Re: sunroof446] #1172402 02/06/12 10:53 PM 02/06/12 10:53 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama BigMoneyLewis master
BigMoneyLewis master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama	Quote: His turn around time is pretty long to. I just mean't right guy becuase He seemed very knowledgable about radio's. Explaining differances about motorola made & phillips made. Got pretty techinical. I know you do great work too. We do a ton of the 1970 B body AM FM Motorola # 2884753 . We had to replace a transformer on one today as a matter of fact. I shipped out 5 or 6 of them so far this year . A quick glance on the shelves and I see at least two more coming up soon. It's a fairly hard radio to find , but suprisingly we end up with more than our fair share in this shop. Alot of people don't know one radio manufacturer from another . The 70 B body AM for example was manufactured by both Phillips AND Bendix , and both carry the # 2884752 number although they are totally diffrent inside. Their are very minor diffrences to the exterior. The mechanical parts also differ inside as well. That's why it's good to have 400-500 Mopar parts radios on hand. It sounds like you found a good technician . If he works out for you let me know . We may send him some of our overflow ,if he wants to do GM and Ford . Dad's been servicing Chrysler radios since 1965 so he has about 45 years under his belt .At one time he was a troubleshooter on the radio line at the Chrysler electronics plant. Once he "retires" I won't be able to replace him. I figure I can at least get a couple more years out of him. Greg gregward@mchsi.com phone 256-852-0955

Re: radio repair [Re: BigMoneyLewis] #1172403 02/06/12 11:28 PM 02/06/12 11:28 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,821 New State kidmopar master
kidmopar master Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,821 New State	I have to say I'm totally "flabbergasted" at the amount of 40+ year old radios being sent in for repair? With all the "cheap" (price & quality) tunes available today IE: iPods , etc. that people still opt to get the 'old' AM / 8-track or AM / FM repaired & not 'upgrade' to today's technology ? I have an original AM/8-track in my '70 E-body (barely works) & still have an original AM/FM I grabbed from a total '70 Challenger R/T SE in 1980! Keep thinking I should send one or both to Wards & just wait my turn , but guess he no longer does 8-Tracks "?"

Re: radio repair [Re: kidmopar] #1172404 02/07/12 12:37 AM 02/07/12 12:37 AM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 545 Massachusetts LYNCHROAD69.5 mopar
LYNCHROAD69.5 mopar Joined: May 2007 Posts: 545 Massachusetts	Quote: I have to say I'm totally "flabbergasted" at the amount of 40+ year old radios being sent in for repair? With all the "cheap" (price & quality) tunes available today IE: iPods , etc. that people still opt to get the 'old' AM / 8-track or AM / FM repaired & not 'upgrade' to today's technology ? Wards does that as well...after rebuilding my radio, they installed an ipod jack in my original 1969 am/fm and it works great!

Re: radio repair [Re: kidmopar] #1172405 02/07/12 10:57 AM 02/07/12 10:57 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 579 Wattsburg, Pa D Dr V mopar
Dr V mopar D Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 579 Wattsburg, Pa	Quote: I have to say I'm totally "flabbergasted" at the amount of 40+ year old radios being sent in for repair? With all the "cheap" (price & quality) tunes available today IE: iPods , etc. that people still opt to get the 'old' AM / 8-track or AM / FM repaired & not 'upgrade' to today's technology ? I have an original AM/8-track in my '70 E-body (barely works) & still have an original AM/FM I grabbed from a total '70 Challenger R/T SE in 1980! Keep thinking I should send one or both to Wards & just wait my turn , but guess he no longer does 8-Tracks "?" :b Greg and also my uncle Mike can put all of that technology into most of the old radios, computer board and all. The technology is awesome. I have the upgrade in all 4 of my cars. 69 1/2 A12 BEE 4 spd 1968 Charger 383 1970 Roadrunner 440+6 Survivor 2019 Redeye 2005 FORD GT Red/White 2017 Viper ACR Extreme Red/White 1979 Branco Red/Red 2018 Porsche GT3 Miami 1971 440+6 Cuda 4 speed V2 2020 Sebring Orange Vette 1979 Chevy Boogie Hippie Van

Re: radio repair [Re: Dr V] #1172406 02/07/12 07:30 PM 02/07/12 07:30 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama BigMoneyLewis master
BigMoneyLewis master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama	Yep, we do alot of the modern FM conversions as well , 180 watts total . The outside of the radio remains 100 % stock , so people doing correct restos can have modern sound / power and retain the stock appearance . But probably 90 % of what we do is simply servicing the radio back to original specs . That's what most people want , and probably 25 % of my customers request an mp3/ipod jack . We have done about 3,000 Mopar radios so far from the 66-74 era . You would think eventually we will have done them all, but they just keep coming . Greg gregward@mchsi.com phone 256-852-0955

Re: radio repair [Re: BigMoneyLewis] #1172407 02/07/12 08:06 PM 02/07/12 08:06 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 579 Ft.Myers,Florida Hemiruss mopar
Hemiruss mopar Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 579 Ft.Myers,Florida	Greg did my am radio a couple of years ago and it's PERFECT....the only thing I wished I did was 2 add the Ipod jack.I've now got the Ipod and wished I could listen 2 it.BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.....at the time mine was done he wasn't that busy...I'm glad 2 hear your are busy that's good 4 our ecomony... 7059181-100_2048.JPG (198 downloads)

Re: radio repair [Re: sunroof446] #1172408 02/08/12 04:05 AM 02/08/12 04:05 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 155 Northern California R redwrydr member
redwrydr member R Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 155 Northern California	Quote: I have a 70 b body am fm I need repaired the am is not working. I called wards they said it would be about 12 weeks. Is there anybody else that does radio's? Yes I used S/M Electro Tech to rebuild my original AM/8 track from my 70 Cuda. He did a wonderful job, sent me back all the original leaking little parts so I could see what was replaced. Greg is a great guy and my radio works perfectly. I also bought replacement speakers from them and they are excellent. I highly recommend them. http://www.turnswitch.com/

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