# Car Repair Savants....a moment of your time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-repair-savants-a-moment-of-your-time/393840>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 27, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-repair-savants-a-moment-of-your-time/393840 "2007-02-27T03:40:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-repair-savants-a-moment-of-your-time/393840/1 "2007-02-27T03:40:12Z")

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I’ve got a '99 Olds Alero GLS. It’s got the stock CD/Cassette/Stereo in it. I’ve got one of those iPod cassette adapters stuck in the tape deck, there’s no manual eject that I can find. Any ideas on how I can get that sucker out?

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-repair-savants-a-moment-of-your-time/393840/2 "2007-02-27T03:49:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Omniscient]  
I’ve got a '99 Olds Alero GLS. It’s got the stock CD/Cassette/Stereo in it. I’ve got one of those iPod cassette adapters stuck in the tape deck, there’s no manual eject that I can find. Any ideas on how I can get that sucker out?  
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I’m certainly no car savant - BUT I have had this problem before. I “helped” the tape along gently (with a pen - though you could probably use a screwdriver more effectively) while I pressed eject. Worked for me, but I have NO working knowledge of the innards of a cassette player.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-repair-savants-a-moment-of-your-time/393840/3 "2007-02-27T03:51:38Z")

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Also - [here](http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/1996/April/05.html) is what the Car Talk guys have to say about this situation.

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-repair-savants-a-moment-of-your-time/393840/4 "2007-02-27T17:37:02Z")

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I’ve helped a tape out using a hemostat.