Mike Romain

The hole is 7 1/4" by 2 1/8". This is a standard size for single deck
units that slide in with a tool and a pin to release them out of the
dash. The frame fits a 7"x2" stereo unit and the frame stays in the
dash.

The stereo name is Urban U-75M. It has a cassette deck and AM/FM
radio. No station presets though, I have to dial them in. It has
'nice' output sound. Clear even on the highway, roof or no top on too.
I have a CD adapter for the cassette deck with a sports CD portable. No
skip.

My dash has been stripped down though. The plate with the radio
template and padding or chrome centerpiece and the top cover for the
wiper is gone along with the forehead bumper.

I am thinking you have 2 plates in the center. One Jeep radio specific
with the larger cutout under it.

But nothing a dremil and drill can't fix. Easier than cutting
circles... ;-) I love those fiberglass reinforced cut off wheels CT
has for the dremil.

Mike

Rod Gramlich wrote:
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:442450F0.5433093A@sympatico.ca...
> > They actually sell the templates in plastic and some stereos just come
> > with different ones to fit in different vehicles. The templates are
> > stereo dependent, not vehicle dependent.
>
> yeah .... provided the vehicle has a 'slot' large enough to accomodate the
> unit. These older CJ's (and by the sounds of it they are not all the same)
> have a template BUILT INTO THE DASH STEEL ........ consisting of 2 holes and
> a rectangle to 'house' OEM radios (and as someone else has pointed out in
> here .... probably not even wide enough to accept a CD disc ....... let
> alone a CD player.
>
> I figure a hack_saw, a dremmel and a drill will solve the problem :>)
>
> The stereo my wife got me was
> > just a universal that needed no template. It has a removable front
> > plate for security and slides into a rectangle bracket which is the
> > stock CJ7 size with no templates in the way.
>
> Who is the manufacturer ??????? Model ????
>
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > billy ray wrote:
> > >
> > > They may gave to cut out the dash to enlarge the hole. The hole you
> have
> > > is probably smaller than a CD in size.
> > >
> > > If you stop by your local Stereos-R-Us and talk to one of the installers
> thy
> > > can tell you what must be done.
> > >
> > > Or
> > >
> > > You may be able to get a new radio with the capability to control an
> > > external changer...
> > >
> > > "Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:e01duv$e2b$1@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca...
> > > > The latter ...... i.e. SMALL rectangle c/w holes (all part of a
> template)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:6486b$44243527$4831b233$18083@FUSE.NET...
> > > >> Is you current dash mount the rectangle with a hole on either side
> for
> > > >> the
> > > >> ***** or a big rectangle?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> "Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
> > > >> news:e01btt$d1v$1@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca...
> > > >> Mike ......... can you be more specific (xmas a few years back)
> LOLOLOLOL
> > > >>
> > > >> In fact, (and this is ironic) .... it was a visit to Canadian Tire
> that
> > > >> spawned this ... i.e. I looked, ... I saw NOTHING that would fit,
> .......
> > > >> and I said to my wife, "I'll just ask the boys in the news_group" :)
> > > >>
> > > >> :)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > > >> news:44242C11.1420200F@sympatico.ca...
> > > >> > I got one for xmas a few years back that came from Canadian Tire.
> They
> > > >> > have lots that will fit.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Mike
> > > >> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > > >> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > > >> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > > >> > Jan/06
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > > >> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Rod Gramlich wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a
> standard
> > > >> > > (radio,
> > > >> > > CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes
> ???
> > > > .....
> > > >> > > my
> > > >> > > 1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in .........
> and
> > > > in
> > > >> > > trying to find something that installs into that port looks
> futile in
> > > >> > > todays
> > > >> > > audio market.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > tia
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

Let your fingers do the walking via:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-y9hvCxYVDbt/
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Rod Gramlich wrote:
>
> Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a standard (radio,
> CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes ??? ..... my
> 1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in ......... and in
> trying to find something that installs into that port looks futile in todays
> audio market.
>
> tia

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

Let your fingers do the walking via:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-y9hvCxYVDbt/
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Rod Gramlich wrote:
>
> Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a standard (radio,
> CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes ??? ..... my
> 1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in ......... and in
> trying to find something that installs into that port looks futile in todays
> audio market.
>
> tia

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

Let your fingers do the walking via:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-y9hvCxYVDbt/
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Rod Gramlich wrote:
>
> Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a standard (radio,
> CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes ??? ..... my
> 1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in ......... and in
> trying to find something that installs into that port looks futile in todays
> audio market.
>
> tia

Michael White

Rod Gramlich wrote:

> Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a standard (radio,
> CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes ??? .....
> my 1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in ......... and
> in trying to find something that installs into that port looks futile in
> todays audio market.
>
> tia

I enlarged the hole with a hack saw and just used the "universal"
installation kit supplied with the CD player. I've been very happy with my
Kenwood 202-MR (Marine Radio). Others I had in there died after a matter
of months due to the moisture or the occasional splashing during a heavy
rain (I -really- took advantage of that Sears "extended warranty" :), or
skipped very badly. I've had that Kenwood in there for three years or so.
It rarely skips and doesn't seem to be impacted by the moisture, although I
avoid using it when I know there's a high chance of water getting into that
ever-so-well-fitting CJ cab design :).
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

Michael White

Rod Gramlich wrote:

> Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a standard (radio,
> CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes ??? .....
> my 1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in ......... and
> in trying to find something that installs into that port looks futile in
> todays audio market.
>
> tia

I enlarged the hole with a hack saw and just used the "universal"
installation kit supplied with the CD player. I've been very happy with my
Kenwood 202-MR (Marine Radio). Others I had in there died after a matter
of months due to the moisture or the occasional splashing during a heavy
rain (I -really- took advantage of that Sears "extended warranty" :), or
skipped very badly. I've had that Kenwood in there for three years or so.
It rarely skips and doesn't seem to be impacted by the moisture, although I
avoid using it when I know there's a high chance of water getting into that
ever-so-well-fitting CJ cab design :).
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

Michael White

Rod Gramlich wrote:

> Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a standard (radio,
> CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes ??? .....
> my 1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in ......... and
> in trying to find something that installs into that port looks futile in
> todays audio market.
>
> tia

I enlarged the hole with a hack saw and just used the "universal"
installation kit supplied with the CD player. I've been very happy with my
Kenwood 202-MR (Marine Radio). Others I had in there died after a matter
of months due to the moisture or the occasional splashing during a heavy
rain (I -really- took advantage of that Sears "extended warranty" :), or
skipped very badly. I've had that Kenwood in there for three years or so.
It rarely skips and doesn't seem to be impacted by the moisture, although I
avoid using it when I know there's a high chance of water getting into that
ever-so-well-fitting CJ cab design :).
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

Lee Ayrton

If it were me, I'd mark off the proper size hold with masking tape --
partly to give a cutting guide and partly to protect the finish for when
the cutter skates across the paint on the first attempt. I'd use my 4
1/4" angle grinder with a metal cutting wheel. Your tools may vary.

Oh, and before I made my cut I'd eyeball the back of the dash to be sure
that there were brackets or stiffeners in the way.


Rod Gramlich wrote:
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:442450F0.5433093A@sympatico.ca...
>
>>They actually sell the templates in plastic and some stereos just come
>>with different ones to fit in different vehicles. The templates are
>>stereo dependent, not vehicle dependent.
>
>
> yeah .... provided the vehicle has a 'slot' large enough to accomodate the
> unit. These older CJ's (and by the sounds of it they are not all the same)
> have a template BUILT INTO THE DASH STEEL ........ consisting of 2 holes and
> a rectangle to 'house' OEM radios (and as someone else has pointed out in
> here .... probably not even wide enough to accept a CD disc ....... let
> alone a CD player.
>
> I figure a hack_saw, a dremmel and a drill will solve the problem :>)
>
> The stereo my wife got me was
>
>>just a universal that needed no template. It has a removable front
>>plate for security and slides into a rectangle bracket which is the
>>stock CJ7 size with no templates in the way.
>
>
> Who is the manufacturer ??????? Model ????
>
>
>>Mike
>>
>>billy ray wrote:
>>
>>>They may gave to cut out the dash to enlarge the hole. The hole you
>
> have
>
>>>is probably smaller than a CD in size.
>>>
>>>If you stop by your local Stereos-R-Us and talk to one of the installers
>
> thy
>
>>>can tell you what must be done.
>>>
>>>Or
>>>
>>>You may be able to get a new radio with the capability to control an
>>>external changer...
>>>
>>>"Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:e01duv$e2b$1@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca...
>>>
>>>>The latter ...... i.e. SMALL rectangle c/w holes (all part of a
>
> template)
>
>>>>
>>>>"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:6486b$44243527$4831b233$18083@FUSE.NET. ..
>>>>
>>>>>Is you current dash mount the rectangle with a hole on either side
>
> for
>
>>>>>the
>>>>>***** or a big rectangle?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>news:e01btt$d1v$1@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca.. .
>>>>>Mike ......... can you be more specific (xmas a few years back)
>
> LOLOLOLOL
>
>>>>>In fact, (and this is ironic) .... it was a visit to Canadian Tire
>
> that
>
>>>>>spawned this ... i.e. I looked, ... I saw NOTHING that would fit,
>
> ........
>
>>>>>and I said to my wife, "I'll just ask the boys in the news_group" :)
>>>>>
>>>>>:)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>news:44242C11.1420200F@sympatico.ca...
>>>>>
>>>>>>I got one for xmas a few years back that came from Canadian Tire.
>
> They
>
>>>>>>have lots that will fit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mike
>>>>>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>>>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>>>>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>>>>Jan/06
>
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>
>>>>>>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Rod Gramlich wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a
>
> standard
>
>>>>>>>(radio,
>>>>>>>CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes
>
> ???
>
>>>>.....
>>>>
>>>>>>>my
>>>>>>>1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in .........
>
> and
>
>>>>in
>>>>
>>>>>>>trying to find something that installs into that port looks
>
> futile in
>
>>>>>>>todays
>>>>>>>audio market.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>tia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>
>


--

This website supports what I thought would be true, So It Must Be
(tm).” David Winsemius willingly creates an anti-motto at room
temperature in AFU Labs.

Lee Ayrton

If it were me, I'd mark off the proper size hold with masking tape --
partly to give a cutting guide and partly to protect the finish for when
the cutter skates across the paint on the first attempt. I'd use my 4
1/4" angle grinder with a metal cutting wheel. Your tools may vary.

Oh, and before I made my cut I'd eyeball the back of the dash to be sure
that there were brackets or stiffeners in the way.


Rod Gramlich wrote:
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:442450F0.5433093A@sympatico.ca...
>
>>They actually sell the templates in plastic and some stereos just come
>>with different ones to fit in different vehicles. The templates are
>>stereo dependent, not vehicle dependent.
>
>
> yeah .... provided the vehicle has a 'slot' large enough to accomodate the
> unit. These older CJ's (and by the sounds of it they are not all the same)
> have a template BUILT INTO THE DASH STEEL ........ consisting of 2 holes and
> a rectangle to 'house' OEM radios (and as someone else has pointed out in
> here .... probably not even wide enough to accept a CD disc ....... let
> alone a CD player.
>
> I figure a hack_saw, a dremmel and a drill will solve the problem :>)
>
> The stereo my wife got me was
>
>>just a universal that needed no template. It has a removable front
>>plate for security and slides into a rectangle bracket which is the
>>stock CJ7 size with no templates in the way.
>
>
> Who is the manufacturer ??????? Model ????
>
>
>>Mike
>>
>>billy ray wrote:
>>
>>>They may gave to cut out the dash to enlarge the hole. The hole you
>
> have
>
>>>is probably smaller than a CD in size.
>>>
>>>If you stop by your local Stereos-R-Us and talk to one of the installers
>
> thy
>
>>>can tell you what must be done.
>>>
>>>Or
>>>
>>>You may be able to get a new radio with the capability to control an
>>>external changer...
>>>
>>>"Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:e01duv$e2b$1@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca...
>>>
>>>>The latter ...... i.e. SMALL rectangle c/w holes (all part of a
>
> template)
>
>>>>
>>>>"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:6486b$44243527$4831b233$18083@FUSE.NET. ..
>>>>
>>>>>Is you current dash mount the rectangle with a hole on either side
>
> for
>
>>>>>the
>>>>>***** or a big rectangle?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>news:e01btt$d1v$1@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca.. .
>>>>>Mike ......... can you be more specific (xmas a few years back)
>
> LOLOLOLOL
>
>>>>>In fact, (and this is ironic) .... it was a visit to Canadian Tire
>
> that
>
>>>>>spawned this ... i.e. I looked, ... I saw NOTHING that would fit,
>
> ........
>
>>>>>and I said to my wife, "I'll just ask the boys in the news_group" :)
>>>>>
>>>>>:)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>news:44242C11.1420200F@sympatico.ca...
>>>>>
>>>>>>I got one for xmas a few years back that came from Canadian Tire.
>
> They
>
>>>>>>have lots that will fit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mike
>>>>>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>>>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>>>>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>>>>Jan/06
>
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>
>>>>>>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Rod Gramlich wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a
>
> standard
>
>>>>>>>(radio,
>>>>>>>CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes
>
> ???
>
>>>>.....
>>>>
>>>>>>>my
>>>>>>>1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in .........
>
> and
>
>>>>in
>>>>
>>>>>>>trying to find something that installs into that port looks
>
> futile in
>
>>>>>>>todays
>>>>>>>audio market.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>tia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>
>


--

This website supports what I thought would be true, So It Must Be
(tm).” David Winsemius willingly creates an anti-motto at room
temperature in AFU Labs.

Lee Ayrton

If it were me, I'd mark off the proper size hold with masking tape --
partly to give a cutting guide and partly to protect the finish for when
the cutter skates across the paint on the first attempt. I'd use my 4
1/4" angle grinder with a metal cutting wheel. Your tools may vary.

Oh, and before I made my cut I'd eyeball the back of the dash to be sure
that there were brackets or stiffeners in the way.


Rod Gramlich wrote:
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:442450F0.5433093A@sympatico.ca...
>
>>They actually sell the templates in plastic and some stereos just come
>>with different ones to fit in different vehicles. The templates are
>>stereo dependent, not vehicle dependent.
>
>
> yeah .... provided the vehicle has a 'slot' large enough to accomodate the
> unit. These older CJ's (and by the sounds of it they are not all the same)
> have a template BUILT INTO THE DASH STEEL ........ consisting of 2 holes and
> a rectangle to 'house' OEM radios (and as someone else has pointed out in
> here .... probably not even wide enough to accept a CD disc ....... let
> alone a CD player.
>
> I figure a hack_saw, a dremmel and a drill will solve the problem :>)
>
> The stereo my wife got me was
>
>>just a universal that needed no template. It has a removable front
>>plate for security and slides into a rectangle bracket which is the
>>stock CJ7 size with no templates in the way.
>
>
> Who is the manufacturer ??????? Model ????
>
>
>>Mike
>>
>>billy ray wrote:
>>
>>>They may gave to cut out the dash to enlarge the hole. The hole you
>
> have
>
>>>is probably smaller than a CD in size.
>>>
>>>If you stop by your local Stereos-R-Us and talk to one of the installers
>
> thy
>
>>>can tell you what must be done.
>>>
>>>Or
>>>
>>>You may be able to get a new radio with the capability to control an
>>>external changer...
>>>
>>>"Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:e01duv$e2b$1@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca...
>>>
>>>>The latter ...... i.e. SMALL rectangle c/w holes (all part of a
>
> template)
>
>>>>
>>>>"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:6486b$44243527$4831b233$18083@FUSE.NET. ..
>>>>
>>>>>Is you current dash mount the rectangle with a hole on either side
>
> for
>
>>>>>the
>>>>>***** or a big rectangle?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>news:e01btt$d1v$1@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca.. .
>>>>>Mike ......... can you be more specific (xmas a few years back)
>
> LOLOLOLOL
>
>>>>>In fact, (and this is ironic) .... it was a visit to Canadian Tire
>
> that
>
>>>>>spawned this ... i.e. I looked, ... I saw NOTHING that would fit,
>
> ........
>
>>>>>and I said to my wife, "I'll just ask the boys in the news_group" :)
>>>>>
>>>>>:)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>news:44242C11.1420200F@sympatico.ca...
>>>>>
>>>>>>I got one for xmas a few years back that came from Canadian Tire.
>
> They
>
>>>>>>have lots that will fit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mike
>>>>>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>>>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>>>>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>>>>Jan/06
>
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>
>>>>>>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Rod Gramlich wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any of you CJ / audio experts have advice on installing a
>
> standard
>
>>>>>>>(radio,
>>>>>>>CD) deck into that "way_to_small" access port in the CJ dashes
>
> ???
>
>>>>.....
>>>>
>>>>>>>my
>>>>>>>1985 vintage radio / cassette deck finally packed it in .........
>
> and
>
>>>>in
>>>>
>>>>>>>trying to find something that installs into that port looks
>
> futile in
>
>>>>>>>todays
>>>>>>>audio market.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>tia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>
>


--

This website supports what I thought would be true, So It Must Be
(tm).” David Winsemius willingly creates an anti-motto at room
temperature in AFU Labs.