WTB Business CD 43 for Parts

[RSheiman]

Anybody have a business CD for parts they are willing to sell??? I need a new front keypad. Tx

[DesktopDave]

Damn, that's a tough one. It's even difficult to find the Rover labeled versions now, the CD43 has gotten way out of control price-wise. The mechanisms are quite reliable, it's easy to find an E46 CD43 or an E38/39 CD53, but those faceplates are totally incompatible.

Have you considered the other alternatives? I'm told the Continental TR is a good match for our vintages. At like $160 brand-new (Amazon), it's a compelling choice. I missed out on the Cantaloupe Audio BT unit, still regret it. That looked like a great deal.

[RSheiman]

I bought this radio from a veteran, he was overseas and I responded to his classified 2 years after he placed it. Miraculously, he had just gotten back , that was 5 years ago. I screwed up the face plate somehow during installation so got another radio. Surprisingly paid $250 total for both. The second one is in my M6. Now I have this sitting around and thought I would get it repaired, I have the original tape player for my 635 but thought this would be nice.

[Cmcgettrick]

Damn, that's a tough one. It's even difficult to find the Rover labeled versions now, the CD43 has gotten way out of control price-wise. The mechanisms are quite reliable, it's easy to find an E46 CD43 or an E38/39 CD53, but those faceplates are totally incompatible.

Have you considered the other alternatives? I'm told the Continental TR is a good match for our vintages. At like $160 brand-new (Amazon), it's a compelling choice. I missed out on the Cantaloupe Audio BT unit, still regret it. That looked like a great deal.

So the Cantaloupe is not being made any longer? I’m pretty new to all of this in the last 3 years and have come across them a couple of times. Looked like an awesome solution.

[DesktopDave]

I keep seeing them out of stock. I hope they're still around! It's hard to argue with the addition of modern tech into an elegant OEM+ solution like theirs. I know that German Audio Tech does a lot of work with old BMW tech, although they're moving slowly out of our 80s vintage into more modern vehicles.

I've taken quite a few of the OEM Alpine & Blaupunkt cassette decks apart over the years. Other than the drive belts on the cassette transport, they're very well built and quite durable. I'm not a fan of their ridiculous security systems either, that makes for a real annoyance. Right to repair should have made that security software open source long ago.

[RSheiman]

Waiting for Bert P. to chime in about Nakamichi's period correct radios.