Changing Radios In 2000 Silverado

[Bmuelle]

I'm planning on changing radios in a 2000 Silverado from a AM-FM Stereo Cassette to a OEM Delco AM-FM Stereo CD. The radio is also coming out of the same year Silverado. Can anyone tell me how you get the dashboard faceplate off to do this and secondly if it's going to be a matter of just taking the wire harnesses off the old radio and placing them in the new one?

 

Thanks in advance

[mooreapi]

Bmuelle,

you have to take the dash surround off, which just clips into place. It's the piece that covers the front of the radio, HVAC controls, and instrument cluster, headlight switch. All you have to do is grip it tightly and give it a good tug toward you, then work all around. The hardest part is you have to lower your steering wheel all the way and put the gear selector in 1st if an auto.

After you remove that, the radio itself will come out easily once you depress the tabs on either side. then you just unplug the harness and antenna from the rear of the radio.

AFAIK the radios use the same harness plugs, unless the CD player is the one that's separate. On my 00, the CD is built in to the radio and the Cass player is external and in the top of the console. Since the radio controls the Cass unit, there are two plugs on the back.

 

5 min job as long as you're not modifying anything else, just changing radios.

 

when reassembling, there are some guide pins and clips to line up with their corresponding holes. The hardest part of reassembling is getting the gauge bezel back into place while lining things up.

 

Matt