94 legacy wgn speaker question

[Guest jclay]

Does anyone out there know how and where the wiring to the rear speakers are run (or is it ran?) i'm trying to track down a short.

 

94 legacy wgn gt

 

 

thanks

[Cougar]

I would check for the wiring near the rocker panels.

 

Are you sure you have a short and not an open connection somewhere. If it is shorted then I would check for a problem at the problem speaker first if you have not done so already.

[Guest jclay]

Glen, i'm not sure what it is, all i know is that sometimes i hit a bump, and the speaker kicks in, then it cuts out whenever it feels like it. I've checked the connection at the speaker itself and behind the head unit (HUGE PITA) without sheading any light on the situation.

 

Also, excuse my ignorance, but what exactly do you mean by rocker panels?

 

thanks , jared

[Cougar]

The rocker panels are the covers under the doors on the floor. You can remove them and the wires may be under there but I doubt the wire is bad. From what you say about your speaker problem it sounds like you have a intermitant break in a connection and not a short in the wiring. A short could cause some permenant damage. I would suspect the problem to be in the radio or the connector at the rear of it. I like to use a rubber handled screwdriver handle to tap on suspected trouble spots to help locate them. This may work for your trouble also. Some tapping on the radio should prove it out if it is the source of trouble. It could be the speaker itself also.