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Stupid speaker wiring question (00 AC w/amp)

Discussion in '1st Gen Tundras (2000-2006)' started by ThatYeti, Sep 7, 2022.

  1. Sep 16, 2022 at 2:40 PM
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    Ok so another update. Wired up the passenger side set, and they both work! Hooray...but as I had to wait a few days for Amazon to bring more spade connectors...I forgot where I put the bolts and screws that hold on the door panel as I also did a brake job in the meantime on the misses' car that didn't exactly go well (shocking I know) and now dealing with two frozen calipers on that...

    But I remembered I'd put the bolts/screws back in the door so I wouldn't lose them... project for tomorrow...

    So I'll have to bring it in to have someone smarter than me figure out where the fault is on the driver's door but given my luck I may just have them do the backup camera at the same time.
     
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  2. Sep 18, 2022 at 9:20 AM
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    I dunno why, but I have a sneaky suspicion it's either a problem inside the door harness itself, or where the door harness attaches to the body harness behind kick panel.

    Probably beating a dead horse by mentioning it, but ... :D

    I suspect it's a short. And that short could potentially be what caused the other speakers to blow.

    But really, they only way to tell would be to get that driver kick panel off and test between harness segments.

    Sucks bro, wish you were closer by, I'd totally drive over and help you figure it out. :(
     
  3. Sep 18, 2022 at 9:31 AM
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    I'm sure you're right and the more I think about it the more it makes sense. The interior door handle on that side is kind of destroyed, to the point it's just got holes in it that they drilled drywalling screws thru to hold it to the door. Along with that the window was really wonky when I got it and would jump itself off the track when rolling up unless you held it. Got that fixed a while ago so I forgot about it. Would guess e everything in that door has gotten water more than once so that combined with the plow wiring being a likely culprit I'm sure what's behind those panels could tell a story for sure. Should be picking up some spare door panels etcetera later and we'll see about negotiating to grab those panels too and the screws so I won't feel bad when they get broken if I decide to dive into it myself.
     
  4. Sep 18, 2022 at 9:40 AM
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    I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if they ran a screw thru a harness based on what you're saying. That would totally explain everything. Run a screw through the harness, shorting the door speaker wiring, and potentially blowing out the other speakers. Easy fix, if you could get the kick panel off, would be run a new speaker wire into the door, and just splice off the pink and purple wire on the kick panel side of the door harness (i.e. don't cut the body harness). Proper fix would be to replace the door harness, which isn't nearly as bad as it sounds.

    You see anywhere else they haphazardly screwed through shit?
     
  5. Sep 18, 2022 at 12:18 PM
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    Nothing obvious..to me anyway...but this is how the door grab handle is attached and there's a bunch of foam/more screws inside

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    Nah, that would put them roundabout where these yellow stars are, I'm not even seeing an impact on the door shell from them.

    Knowing the speaker feed wires are purple and pink (circled in blue), do you ...

    • See any evidence of tears, punctures in ANY of the section the harness I outlined in red, which they'd be passing through?
    • See any evidence someone cut and/or re-taped the section of the harness I outlined in red?
    • See any evidence of wire tampering and/or damage to the purple and pink wire inside the blue circle?
    • Remember if you tried to separate the white connector where the purple/pink wires become blue/green to make sure the connector if fully plugged in, isn't damaged, neither of the wires are damaged or loose at the connector, and that specific connector is fully snapped together?
    • Remember looking at the rubber wiring boot between the door jamb and cab to see if it's been torn, evidence of it being popped out once, or otherwise tampered with?
    Main point of these questions being, someone could've done a factory-level job of re-taping the harness to conceal damage. Or maybe they disconnected the speaker using the connector in the blue circle once, and bent a pin when reconnecting. Or, maybe they failed to disconnect the speaker and yanked way to f'n hard on the door, and separated the pink, purple, blue, or green wire from their

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  7. Sep 18, 2022 at 2:09 PM
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    Ya I didn't think those were close to anything important and surprisingly all the wiring in the door was untouched as best I could tell. Managed to grab a few of those rocker panel screws from the parts truck I visited earlier to snag new door cards from so I'll probably get into removing that panel this week and figure out if there's anything obviously wrong with whatever is hiding under there.
     
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    Ok, finally have an update. Got the new (to me) door panels from the local parts truck and also snagged a few of the bolts that go into that rocker panel cover, so I was able to get the old ones out using a Dremel to cut in a new slit for a flathead screwdriver. Few pics of what I found see, definitely noticed the wiring had been touched but I think it was just for the plow controller and I didn't notice anything broken or cut. Photos attached and hoping someone can see where the issue is, thanks in advance.

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  9. Sep 27, 2022 at 5:08 PM
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    So this pink wire and this purple wire I'm circling are part of the same bundle:

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    And is the tail end this purple and pink wire:

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    There are two things you can do here. First things first, I would remove that electrical tape on the kick panel side to look at the wires. Also, make sure the purple and pink wire are FIRMLY in the harness, and when tugged from behind, they don't pull out. It could be that stupid.

    #1) Test door harness integrity

    You can unplug the kick panel connector with the pink/purple wire in it. Unplug the door panel connector (where it switches from pink/purple to blue/green). Use a multimeter to measure continuity across the pink wire from the kick panel to the door connector. Then do the same with the purple.

    If continuity is OK, the problem is *not* your door harness. If it is NOT OK, fixing your issue is as easy as swapping out the complete door harness for a matching one, **or** trying to find the break in the wire, it's somewhere between those two.

    Swapping out the door harness is actually pretty easy. Just unplug those two kick panel connectors, snake them back through the door, pull it out of the door shell. Replacement is reverse of install, just make sure you get a harness from a truck with the same cab and options so it has all the necessary plugs. :D

    #2) Test dash wiring integrity

    With the MALE kick panel connectors out, note where the purple and pink wires plugged into the FEMALE end of the kick panel connector. Go to the amp side, at the radio. and measure from the pink pin of the FEMALE kick panel harness to the pink wire of the amp harness, shown here, for continuity:

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    Ok so I didn't think to tug at the wires while I was swapping everything but can give it a go tomorrow. I did however swap the 'Y' cable from the passenger side and confirmed it didn't fix the problem so I think the issue lies deeper down the road toward the head unit.

    Not sure I understand what I'd be measuring or why as you mentioned in point #2 though.
     
  11. Sep 27, 2022 at 6:00 PM
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    It's really hard to explain this remotely.

    Gist is this:

    Think of a wire. Every intact wire has two ends, right?
    Every multimeter has two probes, one black, one red usually.

    With any decent multimeter, there's a mode where, if you touch the red and the black probe together, you completing a circuit back to the multimeter, and the multimeter display will change. (see video below, sometimes it goes from "OL" or "1" to a numeric value like 0.001 or higher.)

    If you want to get the concept of what I'm explaining, go find a piece of scrap wire. Set your multimeter to measure continuity. Tap the probes together to make sure you get a reading change on the multimeter.

    What I kinda keep circling back to is this: You can very easily check any harness in your truck to look for a "broken" connection using that feature on your multimeter. Just think of your door harness as a "wire" where it has a point A and point B. Like this white wire, a point A and point B:

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    Focusing on your pink speaker wire... if you put your multimeter in continuity mode, then put the red multimeter probe on the door end of that pink wire, and put the black probe on the kick panel end of the pink wire, you *should* see the meter display change just like it does when you tap the black and red probes together. If you don't, there's a short in that wire. You should be able to repeat that test with the purple wire. It's just like the white wire I'm showing above, except it's inside your door :D

    Anyway, if my memory remembers the EWD correctly, there's only a couple of segments of that pink and purple wire:
    • Where it begins, in the door, at the connector where the wiring changes to blue/green
    • At the kick panel connector MALE , which you just pictured above
    • At the kick panel connector FEMALE, which is also pictured above
    • In the center of the dash, at the connector I'm showing, which once plugged into your OEM amp
    Knowing this, there are clearly two sections of pink or purple wire you can test: Door to kick panel. Kick panel to amp connector. You just need to understand how to use your multimeter correctly to test for continuity, AND you may need to insert a paperclip or similar into a connector end to "extend" the connection out where it's easier to probe.

    I hope this makes sense, but I also understand it's words on a page on the internet, and honestly, my brain doesn't process typed words too well.




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    You should really learn how to do the continuity test, but there is one other cheap test I've seen people do when all they have is a voltmeter, not a multimeter.

    If you unplugged the purple/pink wires at the door, and at the kick panel.

    At the door connector, hook a 9V battery up (for example) with one wire (pink?) to the negative terminal, and the other wire (purple?) to the positive terminal. You are now applying a 9V signal down that pair of wires.

    You should, in theory, be able to go to the kick panel, and measure for voltage using a voltmeter, by putting the red probe on the kick panel end of the purple wire AND the black probe to the pink one next to it.

    You could rinse/repeat this process between the kick panel receptacle and the center dash, at that amp connector's pink and purple wire.

    Again - a circuit is just a wire. You need to find the break in the wire. Continuity test w/multimeter is the correct way, between "known" solid sections of each harness (i.e. from connector A to connector B). There are other ways, though.

    I suspect you have a broken wire. Either the pink one, the purple one, or both. Or a flaky connection at one of the couple of spots where connectors meet.
     
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    Appreciate that and may have to give that a go or just waive the white flag and let the shop figure it out. Feeling ambitious so may try the backup camera tomorrow...which if that goes poorly...I'll just have the shop do both and be done with it all.
     
  14. Sep 27, 2022 at 8:34 PM
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    Backup camera is pretty easy to hook up. Just gotta get your wire from one end to the other and determine where you're going to get your reverse signal turn on from.
     
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    Ya I actually got an easy harness from someone here so I think tapping the tail light should be easy, so the only concern is running/hiding the wire from there to the head unit. But now that I was able to get the rocker cover off it shouldn't be too awful (fingers crossed).
     
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    I ran mine up the frame then up into the truck through the rubber grommet that is in the bottom of the passenger side rear storage compartment under the back seat. Then through under the carpet out of that storage compartment under the passenger side sill plates then up to the radio.
     
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    Ah ok, thought I'd read most pull the driver's seat and run it up thru there but your way sounds a bit easier so I may just go that route. Thanks
     
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    Actually, to this point, the reverse trigger wire or reverse 12v+ in some GM, Scion and other vehicles is pink, if memory serves. Your speaker wire is pink. I wonder if a previous owner had bad info and cut the pink wire somewhere between door and dash to setup reverse lights for tow, or something else? Just a thought. That could be the entire source of your issue.
     
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    Well I'm sure there's any number of possible issues starting with water, plow wiring, what looks like a remote starter receiver, etc. If I can manage to get the backup camera to work I may just deal with the driver's door speakers not working at this point.
     
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    I mean, the remote starter/receiver sounds suspect also.

    Could be interesting to poke around in the spaghetti, just for shits 'n giggles, to see if you happen upon a pink wire or a purple wire that's been cut. If your previous owner was tooling around under there and was splicing into shit with a remote starter, adding wiring like that aqua green wire, chances are that's your rat.
     
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    Ok so I probably should have started there but when I was pulling the head unit to plug in the RCA for the backup camera...i noticed a white, white w/black stripe, pink, and purple wires had come undone from their butt connectors...so I'm guessing that's what caused the speakers not to work...kind of annoyed I didn't check that first but figured since I'd worked on it semi recently it was fine.

    Backup camera didn't work..but I think that's due to my lazy choice of ground...just used a bolt into the tailgate cover that holds on the plastic and maybe it wasn't actually connected or connected enough to the truck to work. Ran the wire around the truck just to check it but ran out of light to keep trying.

    Will try again tomorrow when I have more time and daylight but appreciate all the help.
     
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    If no fresh metal, or at least an unpainted bolt with flanged head, you're not gonna get much grounding.

    And yea, so ... man, that was a lot of typing about ways of troubleshooting :D

    Lessons learned: (1) Always use a GOOD pair of crimpers, (2) always firmly tug both wires on each crimp before calling it "done" to make sure they don't come out.

    This is the first tool I bought when I started working at a shop, a decent set of Klein crimpers:

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    You just nestle the butt splice in the valley marked "non" even if insulated, and let the tooth hold it in place. Slide in your properly stripped wire and WHAMMO, that shit ain't coming back out if you splice in the right spot. Anything else, for butt splices specifically, is pretty worthless. These Channel Lock ones can sometimes be had cheaper at the big box stores and are equally good, I keep a pair in the shop instead of my go-bag:

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    Biggest mistake I see people make is using pliers to crimp, or even worse, using one of these pieces of shit:

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    Get a proper strippers too, and not the kind that hang out on poles. Klein makes a great basic one you can buy at most any big box stores.

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    These tools will literally last you a lifetime with little to no care, just don't be stupid and try to cut nails, and try not to let live wires bite your stripper :D

    I literally have the same crimpers I bought 35 or so years ago for work. Good brands make good tools.
     
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    I of course was using an Amazon version of the non-no pair. Lesson learned and will double check they're all tight before I button it up tomorrow to check. Is there a good spot to grab a ground behind the license plate in the back somewhere? That's where the harness spits out the ground wire and I didn't see anything that looked like it would work and I was hoping to avoid drilling a hole just for that, not to mention it's a little crusty under there.
     
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    I mean, I realize my last couple of posts have basically been me saying, "Yo, go buy this, you need it ..." so I get it, you may not want to do this...

    But if it were me and I needed a quick grounded connection that's bulletproof, but I didn't want to use a stainless self-tapper to hit the frame which is usually always a good bet, I'd tap into one of the grounds for the tag lights using - specifically - an appropriate gauge Positap for the wire you're teeing into.

    I can't stress enough to never, ever, ever use these types of absolute garbage splicer/t-taps:

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    They basically cut through the sheath, cut some of the strands of wire, allow oxygen to hit the copper and corrode/degrade. It happens exponentially faster in your rust/salt belt environment. I cringe when I see these used for trailer wiring, and I literally just saw one on here like this week. :D

    What makes Posi-taps unique is they use a specifically-gauged needle to pierce the wire - small entry point that allows the minimal possible air and elements in, and also do a great job of encapsulating.

    Hardest part for you will be trying to figure out which color wire for your tag and/or tail lights is ground. :D
     
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    Appreciate the thoughts and I'm not really any good at playing the game of pick them wire so I'll probably just use an eye connector and find an ok spot to drill into
     
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    It's maybe not as bad as you think.

    Toyota typically uses a white wire w/black stripe for grounds. I realize I have a 2006, but when I popped out my tag lights to install @daveeasa 's DIR harness, there are only two wires - green, which is power, and white w/black stripe, which is ground. It could be an easy ground source for you, I don't think the ground is impacted by the light switch in this case. But really, if you have a tow hitch, drilling into that, or a bumper support could definitely work also. I personally hate drilling into sheet metal, especially in salt-roaded areas, so those other beefier, thicker steel spots that would be grounded direct to the frame would work well. Hit it with some rattle-can paint after confirming operation, just for good measure.

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    On my Tacoma there is an OEM frame ground above each rear wheel. That’s my ground for the shell at present time. Haven’t checked the Tundra in that location but it’s an easy one. 10mm IIRC.

    also the tow controller connector has a ground and the feed to the tow at the center has a ground. Both white w black. If present and unused. I have mating connectors for both.
     
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    Ok, shockingly the speakers all work now...thanks all.

    Got the camera a better ground behind the bumper and it's working as well, but the issue is I can only get it to turn on when I open the 'Aux' application on the head unit and the truck is in reverse. Any ideas about how to force it to open automatically? The interface doesn't allow for any changes I could see to force it, as it's a weird locked down version of Android.
     
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    Hmmm ... I remember from your Project Gnar thread that China-special head unit had two camera wires, but ... anyway, I would expect the radio to have an input wire (one of those two) that, when it sees a signal, it would auto-launch the reverse camera. It sounds more like you're launching the backup camera app and getting a signal that way. Which makes me think something is screwy with the reverse signal wiring.
     
  30. Sep 30, 2022 at 2:32 PM
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    ThatYeti

    ThatYeti [OP] New Member

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    Definitely a cheap head unit, no question there and I tried both 'input 1' and 'input 2' but both do the same thing. The wire tap someone from the Tacoma forum sent me uses the factory plug (a la daisy chain) and just spits out a trigger wire that I used to connect to the camera.
     

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