In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 4 Dec 2017 20:56:03 +0000 (UTC), harry
newton > wrote:

>He who is Oren said on Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:33:32 -0800:
>
>> I'll defer to the expertise of others, but if you wiggle the wire does
>> the "scratchy sound" increase?
>>
>> Perhaps a speaker wire connection is less than satisfactory. Ground
>> wire on the stereo needs to be checked -- maybe?
>
>That's a good idea to wiggle wires (I haven't done speakers in years).
>The car is at college

You must be so proud. My car didn't even finish the 6th grade.

>so it only comes home to do laundry.
>
>When it comes home, the neighbor will call me and I'll be ready.
>
>What I'll do is:
>a. Try to find a test speaker of about 20 watts
>b. Make a set of jumper wires to jump one side to the other
>c. Wiggle the wires to see if the speaker or the radio is bad