Radio to Cassette (one Speaker) need help!

[cjhillman]

So i was trying to fit a cassette player to my Escort today (base model only one speaker center dash) and i'm a bit confused on how to wire the speaker to the new cassette player.

my main questions is... the speaker seems to have two wires joined together in this plug




If i cut off the plug and separated the wires, would i attach one of the wires to the common ground and one to the left speaker? (top of the "new" cassette stereo) just asking to be safe... don't want to damage anything on the car if i can help it!






Also i'm trying to not cut any of the wiring if i can, so if anyone knows what connectors i can buy so i can just plug into the car wiring, that would be great... guess i'll have to cut off that speaker plug though.

These are the conectors. They are the kind that slide over just a metal bit on hte back of the stereo. can you buy male conector for these so i don't have to cut them off?

[popuptoaster]

They are all female spade connectors of various sizes, you should be able to buy male spades the same as the ones in the back of the radio so you can make up some adapter leads and not cut your original loom.

The speaker connector may me more of an issue but female spades can probably be forced over those connections and squeezed up tight, make sure you have an insulating material (electricians tape or heat shrink) to stop them touching though.

[ChasR]

They look very much like the old DIN connections. My Becker came with a wiring harness which plugs directly into that.

I shall get a photo of the loom later as I do not have it to hand.

[cjhillman]

I managed to get all the connectors from maplins and a general audio shop in the end... fitted it and the cassette deck doesnt work... at least i get FM now.

Not sure if its worth figuring out why it doesnt work. tape goes in and you can see the heads move on to the tape, but nothing spins

[MrSpeedy]

Probably a broken drive belt

[prab]

if your using a 3.5mm cassette adapter then that would work fine instead of real tapes

prab