I did. What I did -cut that stupid boot off. Replace all wires. Wrap them in electrical tape, or use some sort of flexible conduit. Everything works fine now. If your boot is anything like mine was, it is permanently folded. It will catch in the door every time you close it no matter what you do. This will cause your wires to break repeatedly, forever (went that route before removing the boot entirely). Mine was on the drivers side also. And I have heard several people having the same problem. The passenger side is perfect tho.
--- BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM> wrote: > Yesterday I finally got around to fixing my dead > left front speaker. Sure > enough, the blue speaker wire had been severed by > the action of the door. > (The break was located inside the rubber boot that > runs from under the dash > to the door at the hinge). First of all, this was a > major PITA to work on - > the break was located deep inside the rubber > "conduit", and I could not see > any easy way of removing it. I actually had to pull > it back very forcibly, > and then hold it there with some hemostats (medical > clamps for blood > vessels) so that I could get to the break point of > the wire. > > Unfortunately, the wire was so filthy that I could > not get a good solder > joint (and I couldn't strip it back any farther). I > ended up using a > solderless butt connector. :-( > > While I was inside the rubber conduit, I noticed > that several of the other > wires were beginning to give way as well (cuts or > breaks in the insulation). > I could not get at them to repair them, even though > I removed all the door > panel and trim. I even pulled all the cable ties > that were holding the wire > bundles and removed the "vapor barrier" (plastic > sheeting)., but I still > couldn't move the wire bundles to a position that > would allow more > flexibility. > > Has anyone ever successfully re-wired their door in > order to replace these > broken (or breaking) wires? What needs to be done > in order to get to the > wires inside that piece of rubber conduit? I am > planning to replace the 4" > Alpine font speakers with something else bigger > soon, and I want to replace > the old broken wires. I prefer to run the wires > inside the existing loom if > at all possible, but it looks to be a MAJOR PITA to > get that rubber conduit > moved out of the way... > > Brent Christensen > '89 GL Syncro Westy > Santa Barbara, CA > >
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