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<blockquote data-quote="old_dude" data-source="post: 5720918" data-attributes="member: 608305">Don&#039;t quote me any time soon, and this may sound ghetto, but I had to remove an Alpine deck from a car I bought but I didn&#039;t have the little things you shove in to unlock the tabs.&nbsp; So, what I did, and it worked, was to find TWO of those real small flat head screwdrivers.&nbsp; Not like glasses screw size, but your average small tips.&nbsp; I put them in the slots on the side, push each screwdriver in opposite directions, in an outward motion (left one toward steering left door, right one toward right door) and gently pull outward toward you on the screwdrivers, which SHOULD slide the deck out from the locks.&nbsp; I don&#039;t usually suggest anyone does it this way, but when you&#039;re in a pinch it&#039;s about all I know that works.&nbsp; Remember, guys are wrecking yards couldn&#039;t possibly have the correct &quot;keys&quot; for every deck on the market, but they always manage to pull decks from every vehicle that comes into their yards without damaging either the decks or the dashes.&nbsp; So there must be something that works!&nbsp; Heck, you should see the unlock tools I made for factory late model Ford decks!&nbsp; Works nice, and made from small countertop metal pie cooling racks.Just what has worked for me.&nbsp; But you might want to wait for other users to reply.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="old_dude, post: 5720918, member: 608305"] Don't quote me any time soon, and this may sound ghetto, but I had to remove an Alpine deck from a car I bought but I didn't have the little things you shove in to unlock the tabs. So, what I did, and it worked, was to find TWO of those real small flat head screwdrivers. Not like glasses screw size, but your average small tips. I put them in the slots on the side, push each screwdriver in opposite directions, in an outward motion (left one toward steering left door, right one toward right door) and gently pull outward toward you on the screwdrivers, which SHOULD slide the deck out from the locks. I don't usually suggest anyone does it this way, but when you're in a pinch it's about all I know that works. Remember, guys are wrecking yards couldn't possibly have the correct "keys" for every deck on the market, but they always manage to pull decks from every vehicle that comes into their yards without damaging either the decks or the dashes. So there must be [I]something[/I] that works! Heck, you should see the unlock tools I made for factory late model Ford decks! Works nice, and made from small countertop metal pie cooling racks. Just what has worked for me. But you might want to wait for other users to reply. [/QUOTE]

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