AJJackson1

Member

• Sep 16, 2014

• #1

Once again I require further help.
I took the small part of the passenger side dash off my 300Tdi defender so as to cut a hole for a speaker but out fell a couple of unconnected wires. They have connectors on the end but have no obvious destination (see picture). The wires appear to come off the main loom with the wiper motor wires on. I found a guide that suggested these wires were for map light/horn but both work fine without these connected.
Any help would be well received! Thanks

 

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james6546

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• Sep 16, 2014

• #2

AJJackson1 said:

Once again I require further help.
I took the small part of the passenger side dash off my 300Tdi defender so as to cut a hole for a speaker but out fell a couple of unconnected wires. They have connectors on the end but have no obvious destination (see picture). The wires appear to come off the main loom with the wiper motor wires on. I found a guide that suggested these wires were for map light/horn but both work fine without these connected.
Any help would be well received! Thanks

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Those are speaker wires I think

 

AJJackson1

Member

• Sep 16, 2014

• #3

Well that is interesting as I have no speakers in the vehicle. Oh well, thanks.

 

Marmaduke

Well-Known Member

• Sep 16, 2014

• #4

Wrong colour for speakers and also to thick, L/H speaker would be a black wire and a black / white tracer wire, can't really tell what colour they are from the picture but they're certainly not black

 

james6546

Well-Known Member

• Sep 16, 2014

• #5

I swear my speaker cables look like that. Maybe the wiring is there from in the factory?

 

Marmaduke

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• Sep 16, 2014

• #6

That is what the Haynes manual says the factory loom colours are, I'd say the terminal blocks are to big to be speaker wires

 

james6546

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• Sep 16, 2014

• #7

Marmaduke said:

That is what the Haynes manual says the factory loom colours are, I'd say the terminal blocks are to big to be speaker wires

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They clip onto the speaker terminals, not well, but they clip on!

 

Marmaduke

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• Sep 16, 2014

• #8

Speaker terminals are way smaller than that though, Haynes shows a purple/yellow wire in the heated windscreen diagram but I can't see a purple/red, but in my defence I am on my third pint of bacardi and coke and am having a bit of trouble typing:beer2:

 

james6546

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• Sep 16, 2014

• #9

Marmaduke said:

Speaker terminals are way smaller than that though, Haynes shows a purple/yellow wire in the heated windscreen diagram but I can't see a purple/red, but in my defence I am on my third pint of bacardi and coke and am having a bit of trouble typing:beer2:

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Haha, epic! Pints of Bacardi and coke?!

I'll have a look if we still haven't solved this in a few days, though that means braving the tarpaulin and spiders!

 

Marmaduke

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• Sep 16, 2014

• #10

Very good, my headache might have cleared by then

 

Almonds

Member

• Sep 17, 2014

• #11

+1 for speaker wires.

The two blade connectors should be different sizes (for +ve and -ve) - Cheaper to manufacture and install the same loom for all 'fenders than to use some with and without the optional extras...

Alm

 

AJJackson1

Member

• Sep 19, 2014

• #12

Speaker wires it is then! I will just tuck them back where I found them then and pretend I didn't see them as I have just spent the last 3 days making holes for/wiring up some speakers!