A few hours of google searches and I found a part from Alibaba that looked like the same subassembly. A week and $40 later, I could play CD's again. The part is a Matsushita E-9060A 6 CD-Changer mechanism...
Friday, December 5, 2014
GM 6-CD changer fix
My fix-it posts are intended to fill the gaps of something I figured out that I haven't seen yet in the blog/youtube universe to try to give back a bit. The fix I did last summer for my Chevy Tahoe's in dash CD player was one of my better ones. While trying to salvage discs stuck in the dead internal disc cartridge I destroyed the subassembly. At that point I decided to remove it from inside the dash head unit. The truck worked fine running like that and the busted up head unit laid there on my desk for a few months.
A few hours of google searches and I found a part from Alibaba that looked like the same subassembly. A week and $40 later, I could play CD's again. The part is a Matsushita E-9060A 6 CD-Changer mechanism...
A few hours of google searches and I found a part from Alibaba that looked like the same subassembly. A week and $40 later, I could play CD's again. The part is a Matsushita E-9060A 6 CD-Changer mechanism...
Airstream LP Detector Overhaul
I
was happy to find the bracket included with the retail packaging for
part number 36720. I couldn’t find any photos of the contents of the
kit and Atwoods docs are vague so here is a photo of what is included and my old part disassembled...
The old part has 4 screws into the wood paneling on the corners while the new part has two screws in the center. Since the LPD is hard wired to the battery,
you’ll need to unplug the trailer and disconnect the battery prior to
doing any work. The bracket isn’t a perfect fit for the original
Airstream cutout but looks decent enough. You’ll notice the bottom of
the bracket is not flush with the panel. I wrote an expiration date on
the new part out 7 years as that is the documented life-span.
New LPD Installed
I installed a automotive style connector into the system to make dealing with premature failure and replacement easier down the road. Replacements next time won’t require unhooking the trailer batteries. Amazon carries the Chinese made Yiding connectors which are nice.
Next failure... Disconnect and go back to sleep
The
documentation for the Atwood detector mentions wiring either before or
after the storage electrical cutoff solenoid. I chose to rewire mine to
after the storage cutoff as the trailer spends several months at a time in storage and I always have the electrical system on before using propane. My trailer is a 25’ FB (Front Bedroom) Eddie
Bauer and the cutoff solenoid is in the front right corner under the
bed. The wire with the inline fuse holder is the wiring to the LPD and
it will need to be removed, lengthened, and have a larger ring terminal
installed.
LPD original wiring
I used a 5/16” ring terminal (Dorman part number 85205) which requires a 12 gauge wire minimum so the extension wire is 12 gauge.
Need larger diameter ring connector
The mount moves from the always on 12V bus bar to the switched side of the cutoff storage solenoid.
Rewiring Connector after storage solenoid
It takes some work to keep the safety systems working. Much better now….
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