Speaker wiring mess

[randallgarren]

Hello all,

New to the forum. Looking forward to talking with you all. My question: I purchased a 1993 Nissan D21 Pickup from a friend. It is a 2.4 liter 5 speed manual single cab red pickup. It had a tape deck stereo in it with 2 door speakers that did not work. It looked like he used some of the radio connector but also ran a hot wire directly from the battery (no amp). I removed everthing and started fresh. Looking at the wiring I am confused about the speaker wiring. I have 2 brown wires, 2 pink wires, and 2 black wires for the speakers from the factory connector and harness. I wired the 2 brown wires to the driver side speaker output from the stereo and the 2 pink wires to the passenger side speaker output from the stereo. When I went to put the new speakers in the doors I found that the wires in the doors are all grey, one solid and one with a stripe. So I assumed the solid grey in the door is the positive and the stripped grey in the door is the negative. Wired it all up and the it works but the speakers start to distort and crack after only a very small amount of volume is applied. I was going to switch the speaker wires to see if the polarity is wrong but then I thought that I might have the wires wrong when I attached the original truck wiring harness to the stereo. Does anyone know what the speaker wires from the factory wiring harness look like and are the 2 brown, 2 black, and 2 pink correct? Thanks for your help.

Randall Garren
1993 Nissan D21 pickup
2.4 Liter, Manual 5 speed
2 wheel drive single cab

[Rev_D21]

Welcome to NICO! I have a 93 service manual at home. I will check it and get back to you. Don't go by any other year as 93 was a transistional year for the D21 and the wiring is unique to 93. I am at work right now but didn't want to leave you hanging.

[randallgarren]

Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you.

Randall

[Rev_D21]

Ok, speaker wires.

RH door speaker= Black Wire/ Black Wire with White Stripe
LH door speaker= Brown Wire/ Brown with White Stripe

Illumination= Pink with Blue Stripe and Pink with Black Stripe
Ground is through the radio casing itself.

Power wires= Gray w/ White Stripe and Red with Green Stripe

Hope that helps!

According to the FSM the door harness wire colors should be the same as what is coming off the back of the radio. It appears someone replaced the door harnesses at some point.

[randallgarren]

Thank you for the info.

Randall