Disco 2 Door speaker not working

Keith_L · 2024-08-31T18:15:31+0100

I have finally got around to sorting the audio system. The first issue is that the speaker at the bottom of the driver's door doesn't work. I tested the speaker itself and it seemed to be okay so I checked the continuity in the two wires from the speaker to the connector in the driver footwell and sure enough one of the wires must have a break in it. There seems to be two options. One is to feed a new wire through and connect it in place of the broken wire. However, the new and the old wires would no longer be twisted together although I'm not sure how much of a problem that would be. The other option would be to hijack the other pair of twisted wires that go into the door, presumably ready for the top speaker that I don't have, and connect them in place of the faulty pair. Slightly more work connecting things up but no messing around trying to get a new wire through.

Has anyone tried either of these methods and if so how did you get on? Any other comments or options I have missed?

Andy Warren · 2024-08-31T23:19:03+0100

Keith_L said:
I have finally got around to sorting the audio system. The first issue is that the speaker at the bottom of the driver's door doesn't work. I tested the speaker itself and it seemed to be okay so I checked the continuity in the two wires from the speaker to the connector in the driver footwell and sure enough one of the wires must have a break in it. There seems to be two options. One is to feed a new wire through and connect it in place of the broken wire. However, the new and the old wires would no longer be twisted together although I'm not sure how much of a problem that would be. The other option would be to hijack the other pair of twisted wires that go into the door, presumably ready for the top speaker that I don't have, and connect them in place of the faulty pair. Slightly more work connecting things up but no messing around trying to get a new wire through.

Has anyone tried either of these methods and if so how did you get on? Any other comments or options I have missed?

Hi Keith,it might be worth trying to find out where the break is. I don't know how much of the insulation is visable but I would use a pin to pierce the insulation to check for continuity, say every inch, you may get lucky, if not I would just run a new wire (possibly connecting the new wire to the old one & pulling it through) ?

Disco 2 Door speaker not working

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