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<blockquote data-quote="tundra06" data-source="post: 8219592" data-attributes="member: 659398">So last night, I took off the driver&#039;s side door trim panel, and pulled out the head unit, to see if I could troubleshoot the dead speakers.The speakers tested fine with an ohm meter.I beeped out the cables between the door speakers and the head unit. The factory cable going from head unit to door beeped out fine. Guess what, the ratty pig tail adapter for connecting the head unit to the truck, built by the $80/h car audio &quot;pros&quot; had not ONE, but TWO broken connections. Unbelievable. The wires had been poorly soldered, and each solder joint was wrapped in about a foot of electrical tape. While the guy building this mess was wrapping tape on every joint, he must have been repeatedly flexing all the other joints, breaking some of them.I cut out the crappy soldering, resoldered everything, and put transparent heat shrink on each joint. Now the connections hold tight AND it&#039;s possible to visually inspect.Plugged everything back in, and of course now I have sound coming out of the left side.Lesson learned... if you want something done right, you can&#039;t even rely on the &quot;pros&quot; unfortunately. MF&#039;ing monkeys.Next up is to deal with the satellite antenna...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tundra06, post: 8219592, member: 659398"] So last night, I took off the driver's side door trim panel, and pulled out the head unit, to see if I could troubleshoot the dead speakers. The speakers tested fine with an ohm meter. I beeped out the cables between the door speakers and the head unit. The factory cable going from head unit to door beeped out fine. Guess what, the ratty pig tail adapter for connecting the head unit to the truck, built by the $80/h car audio "pros" had not ONE, but TWO broken connections. Unbelievable. The wires had been poorly soldered, and each solder joint was wrapped in about a foot of electrical tape. While the guy building this mess was wrapping tape on every joint, he must have been repeatedly flexing all the other joints, breaking some of them. I cut out the crappy soldering, resoldered everything, and put transparent heat shrink on each joint. Now the connections hold tight AND it's possible to visually inspect. Plugged everything back in, and of course now I have sound coming out of the left side. Lesson learned... if you want something done right, you can't even rely on the "pros" unfortunately. MF'ing monkeys. Next up is to deal with the satellite antenna... [/QUOTE]

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