buckleyn

I've been having intermittent problems with my radio turning off and on so I have decided to replace my stock radio with a pioneer hu. The problem I have now is that it still does it, I've noticed it does it more after a heavy downpour so have decided to check out the wiring. And this is what I've found.

buckleyn

There was no bracket attached to the speaker and the connector are rusty. Could I get new connectors or is it a case of replacing the speakers?

flanders

I would remove the rusted up screws and solder the connections directly.
Maybe also use some zip ties or similar so it wont rip apart those fragile cables going to the voice coil.

buckleyn

Thanks for the tip now it's just the difficult task of getting the rusty screws out

buckleyn

buckleyn

The connector broke guess it's time to buy new speakers after spending 4 hours trying to remove these screws I'm defeated

flanders

Yeah cutting off that terminal is probably what I would have done in the first place
Just glue or screw down something like this instead, cut down of course.

buckleyn

buckleyn

Does anyone know what this is for?

buckleyn

Also the speaker was only the start of the problem I found these too