Cassette player repair....

[Archaic2021]

So Cassette's are before my time, but my 97 grandpa truck has a Caseete player and the interior is in amazing condition. I found a cassette bluetooth adapter where I oculd listen to my own music.

But...when trying to insert a cassete it played for a second then stopped and would not eject. Once I got the cassete out the metal case the cassete goes into just flops around inside the radio. Are these easy to repair or shoudl I try to find another stock working radio, really don't wanna go after market if i dont have to.

 

[Erik the Awful]

You can try fixing it if you like, but test it with a tape you don't care about. After a few failed attempts I quit trying to fix tape decks.

Also,

So Cassette's are before my time

Get off my lawn.

 

[Archaic2021]

Hey I was born in 88, I grew up with cds lol.

Was trying to keep the truck all original, but it looks like I might as well just upgrade it all.

 

[east302]

They sell factory Delco radios on eBay that are retrofitted with AUX ports or Bluetooth. Something to consider if you want to keep the stock look.

✅Tahoe Silverado 1500 Sierra CD Player OEM stereo 15766343 BLUETOOTH CAPABILITY | eBay

Sierra Silverado Tahoe 1500 CD Player Radio Receiver OEM 15766343. Great working condition. Bluetooth capable Chevy stereo. All light bulbs working. Used great working condition Chevy GMC OEM stereo.

www.ebay.com

 

[Nad_Yvalhosert]

They sell factory Delco radios on eBay that are retrofitted with AUX ports or Bluetooth. Something to consider if you want to keep the stock look.]

My' 00 Denali still has the original cassette head deck. That's because I dont want to lose function of the single disc slave unit below, and 6 disc charger in the center console.

If they can assure that those auxiliary units will still function, I'd upgrade.

 

[GMCTruck]

Will the cassette deck accept a bluetooth adapter like that? My 95 has a cassette player but i remember one time a friend tried to use a new fangled CD player with a cassette adapter in my truck but it just kept kicking the cassette out. I assumed that somehow my radio just knew that her music would suck and therefore refused to play it, but i later read in the manual that you can't use the CD/cassette adapter in the 95 tape deck. Maybe you should see if you can test your BT/cassette adapter on a similar vehicle first to see if it even works.
Well now i feel like busting out my Paul McCartney and Wings tapes......

 

[df2x4]

@AK49BWL might have an idea. He's very educated on the earlier '88-'94 stereos. Not sure about the '95+ stuff though...

https://www.gmt400.com/threads/88-94-factory-stereo-info.48716/

 

[F4U-1A]

You can try fixing it if you like, but test it with a tape you don't care about. After a few failed attempts I quit trying to fix tape decks.

Also,

Get off my lawn.

And get off the street. Road Hockey (CARRRRRRR) Circa late 60s.

 

[Erik the Awful]

We didn't know what that hockey stuff is. We played touch football in the street.