What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (5 Viewers)

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This afternoon... should have taken a before of the speedometer it was worse. Now it looks new. :)

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figure out a cleaner setup?
Thank you...!!
Yes cleaner set up..
Installed a Victron gauge w/ shunt for all the negative terminals and a proper fused block with +/-
Now I got one cable coming out of each battery terminal and it looks much cleaner...

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Replaced water pump thermostat and mounted up new fan shroud and fans for my ls swap. Derale fans fit really nicely into the champion radiator .

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Started pulling power steering to replace pump
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Also found some shoddy work done to my ac system and
 
The deck has its own ground in the harness, and the speakers share another ground. Removing the shared speaker ground and only grounding one of the speakers fixed it. I don’t know how, but it did.
Sounds like there was a small short in the ground wire you clipped and it was vibrating at higher volumes to the point where it would cause intermittent cuts in the signal. This happens pretty frequently in guitar amplifiers that are played at extremely high SPL and are giged around heavily. Things eventually rattle themselves loose or the wires begin to fray and tarnish. Even having one or two strands of broken wire in the joint can cause the “static” you hear.
Are you sure that speaker is still making sound after you cut it?
 
I had the same issue, same resolution. Attempting to split ground left and right separately is no bueno, ground only one channel unless replacing factory wire with new speaker wire.
Interesting. I’ve never looked at the wiring schematic for the OEM sound system. Now I’m curious to know more about the original head unit.
 
Interesting. I’ve never looked at the wiring schematic for the OEM sound system. Now I’m curious to know more about the original head unit.

It’s very simple, unified ground is sorta lame but sound quality is fine for me with upgraded door speakers and head unit. Aside from running a constant power lead, I appreciate the simplicity.
 
not much to it! Unified ground for door speakers, 12v switched and a ground. Super easy!
So what exactly goes wrong? Is it just a worn ground wire?
 
Sounds like there was a small short in the ground wire you clipped and it was vibrating at higher volumes to the point where it would cause intermittent cuts in the signal. This happens pretty frequently in guitar amplifiers that are played at extremely high SPL and are giged around heavily. Things eventually rattle themselves loose or the wires begin to fray and tarnish. Even having one or two strands of broken wire in the joint can cause the “static” you hear.
Are you sure that speaker is still making sound after you cut it?
Yep, the factory radio would only produce sound to the right speaker, which is why I went down this road. Both are definitely working. It has aftermarket speakers in it and I haven’t looked into it much since it’s working fine. Who knows how someone wired them or if they changed anything, I’m just happy it works.
 
Finally got some TUNES!!! Only took a year......priorities.....
Added rear speakers = easy, changed front door speakers = time consuming.
New poly in doors, and head unit with trim kit.
Custom speaker spacers I made out of 3/4" black Starboard
IT SOUNDS AWESOME

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@MoaByte I should have added this.....I bought the 4 pack, but they sell them individually. The 4 pack is Metra 89-30-0900. On amazon..... the Metra 89-30-0500 is the single one you need and has a 1/2" border. It will need to be modified with a utility knife and a dremel.

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THe one on the far right is the original that is broken. I used it as a template to cut new one.
 

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