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Anyone know where I can buy some of these metal radio wire ends? They are inserted inside of the black radio harness connector for a stock deck on a 2007 Chevy Cobalt. Someone decided to steal my radio and instead of simply detaching the harness from the deck, they cut the wires.
The bigger size is for the red and black and the smaller ones are the for the speakers.
Thanks
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FYI, don't go to Radio Shack. When I asked them about terminal wire connectors, they gave me this dumbfounded look and when I actually showed them what I wanted, the dumbfounded look never changed.
I would go with Shawn's advice.
I forgot that most of the Radio Shack stores are only for cell phones now, some of them still carry all kinds of electronics parts.
Ok well I had to buy a whole new wire harness and I soldered the wires from the new harness that has the 2 connectors to the old harness. When I connect them to the stock radio, it turns on for a second, says "Loading Disc", the speakers slightly crackle, then it turns off.
It could be a couple things I guess.
First, after all the wires are connected, there is a left over wire that is not connected to anything. There are two dark green wires and one goes to a speaker and the other I dont know. Haynes manual nor the internet tells me what the second dark green wire is for and is left hanging.
Second, a faulty ground. I didnt connect the ground to a metal surface because the original wasnt connected to a metal surface; it was fed straight through to the radio harness connector and I wanted to keep it just as it was before the wire were clipped. I soldered the ground wires together and I thought I did a good job. Could it be a damage issue?
third, The new wire harness has a lot of extra wires for the Onstar feature, which my car does not have. I just taped those wires off but the other wires I am using (power, speakers, etc) should be ok to use?
Actually I just matched the position of that dark green wire to the radio harness and it is a GMLAN Data Wire. How important is that for a non-Onstar radio?
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