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Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
Ok, so my 87 came with a am/fm radio that looks very smiliar to the one pictured below except it did NOT have a cassette player. Seeing that I like to play music for my phone and still wanted a stock appearance without altering my original I bought this one off ebay for $40 and it works great.
Guy said it was removed from an 86 silverado. Well, it's not a huge deal but after looking i noticed most if not all the 1987's I saw pictures of with an original cassette radio looked a little different from this one they looked like they are digital. So, just curious was this radio even an option on 87's that had cassette option or was it either the radio I removed or the cassette radio thats digital? |
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
That radio would have been an option. The digital ones were a premium option. Base was AM/FM, midrange added cassette, upper added CB, ect.
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
I bought a full load 87 Short box fleet side brand new in Nov of 86. My factory radio looked a different than yours. It sounded great ! Remember a buddy bought a new Ford the same year.... my stereo blew his away. Wish I had pictures of it. My family grew in 1990.... and had to trade it in.
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
Looks exactly like the original radio in my 87. RPO info is below.
UN3 Radio am/fm stereo cass mtr UN9 Radio suppression equipment UP8 Stereo radio installment |
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
My 87 Silverado was the radio on upper right of brochure page.
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
Sorry... need to go back to grammar school.... My 87 HAD this radio...
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
I have three of the digital radios and all of them need repair. I have noticed the trucks that came with the digital radio have no clocks as it is in the radio.
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
Mine has both the quartz clock and digital what does that mean ?
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
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If your truck still has it's original SPID (Service Parts ID) sticker you can see what is original by looking at the codes. According to the 1987 Chevy Truck Vehicle Information Kit from The GM Heritage Center, the following radio & clock options were available for 1987: Radio Equipment: (listed on page 59 of the above linked PDF file) AM Radio ..................... U63 AM/FM Radio ................ U69 AM/FM Stereo Radio ...... U58 AM/FM Stereo Radio with Stereo Cassette Tape ..... UN3 AM/FM Stereo Radio with Seek and Scan, Stereo Cassette Tape and Digital Clock, Electronically Tuned ..... UM6 RPO UN3 is the radio weider1717 has pictured in the first post. Clock: Quartz Electric. Not available when UM6 radio is specified. (listed on page 57 of the above linked PDF file) Without YE9, Includes Z53 Voltmeter, Temperature, and Oil Pressure Gauges ... U35 With YE9 ......... U35 Note: YE9 is the Silverado / Sierra Classic package. So the 2 clock listings are basically saying that in order to get the U35 clock you also had to order the Z53 gauge cluster. Unless of you were ordering a Silverado or Sierra Classic which automatically included the Z53 gauges. Last edited by ray_mcavoy; 12-28-2015 at 05:52 PM. |
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
my spid has UM6 YE9 Z53
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
Not original to my truck, but My 1985 owners manual has this radio in it. That's how I learned to set the clock. I like it and sounds good.
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
Was the Digital Radio available as an AM/FM only (no cassette)? I pulled a AM/FM Cassette out of a Olds Delta 88 but it does not not work. I think I read there is a know issue with the capacitor leaking and being defective over time.
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
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There are a number of things that can go wrong with old radios. But as you read, electrolytic capacitors are one of the prime suspects. When testing these digital radios, make sure you have power applied to both the switched +12V and constant +12V wires. The switched feed is the yellow wire on the black 4-terminal plug. The constant feed is the orange wire on the smaller 2-terminal plug and is often overlooked because this plug is specific to the digital radios. |
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
Actually thr biggest killers of these digital radios are cold solder joints. There are a bundle of small capacitors that are prone to failure however.
The AM/FM only version ran from 78-80 I think. I want to say after 1980 the digitals all had cassette. |
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
AM/FM only was available in '85, I know that for sure. The only digital was a AM/FM/Cassette, UM6.
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
What were the differences between?
AM/FM Radio ................ U69 AM/FM Stereo Radio ...... U58
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Re: Replaced my original radio on the 87. Is this radio correct for my truck?
The U69 didn't recieve in stereo and typically just had 1 speaker in the center of the dash IIRC.
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