Don't you just HATE it when you set off to start something and then it ends up being a multitude of problems?!
I guess all mk1 owners will agree with me 2! (possibly mk2 owners too cos i remember my mk2)
Well what started innocently as me removing the rear bench from the cab to clean the seats properly and get to the whole door car to clean them ended up as a 7 and a bit hour stint on the cab!
So i removed the rear bench and cleaned under it (sad i know) and cleaned out most of the crap that was down the sides - 21 years of muck and dust and such. Such an icky job! It was once i had done this i realised that you could see where i had cleaned the door cards, so i attempt to give them a clean all over just for the sake of it. But knowing that some of the leather look stuff on the doorcards (orig) was sticking out i thought i'd remove them and restick them t the backing.
This was no problem at all, panel pins came out great (and back in) that was until i found this behind my door cards...
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SIDE 2
Notice that one of the 6x4 speakers is held on with no screws just black gunk! Which i removed see below!
Left with some lovely clear gaps i thought i'd scrap the idea of running speakers to there, but i might try the 6x4's in the doors, as i hav the pockets for them
NICE!!!
I tested the speakers to find that only one appears to work, which is fine, one 6x4 is better than none.
[IF ANYONE WANTS TO DONATE A 6X4 SPEAKER THEN PLEASE DO - OR EVEN A PAIR!]
Seeing as one speaker works i thought i'd have a go at wiring it in.. which is great although i have bits of wires where i shouldnt!!! This was unsuccessful, after what should have been a painstaking successful attempt, but it appears wires that are behind head unit do not travel the doors, even though colours match etc. e.g wires had been cut at the door opening hinge - why .. god knows, but after connecting these i thought i was cooking on gas...
I was wrong.. what do you expect when your dash looks like this...
^^^ what is the tube?!?!?
so i thought i'd get the glove box out, and see where wires go and see if i can wire the speaker into the left hand side
Glovebox lid was a piece of piddle... four screws and i pulled the hinge and it came loose
i wasnt aware that there a spring. but now i am! LOL. Remove all bolts i could see from lock base etc, now just to remove the lower tray HOW THE HELL DO YOU DO THAT!? answers on a postcard please!!! I rang two people i was sure would know.. who both told me they had no idea... GREAT!
Needless to say i gave up! Poopers!
YES it would have been easier to run a new set of wires.. but i thought i was saving myself some time! Needless to say i have plenty of time with having no job and a student loan arriving soon!!!
Tomorrows job figure out how to run a wire from stereo along back of dash, through chassis and following the door hing and into t he door to the speaker!
Woop Woop.
