Here's the story: last time we went with IMZ4N to Cars & Coffee, somehow we got to my battery compartment and, as usual, I got crap on how my cars are dirty (although this is my wifes, so technically I shouldn't be the one cleaning it 
), and why I haven't I vacuum the chips from there, and bla bla bla... 
Chips were there when I bought the car, so I have no clue how they got in the battery compartment, but cleaning them was on the to-do-list. So last weekend I decide to do it: I pulled out everything from there, including the battery and the amp. I dumped a bucket of water and added some baking soda to neutralize any spill of sulfuric acid that might have heppened (you nver know, not everyone out there cares about their Zes)...
Time to reconnect everything and... the radio doesn't work anymore. Long story short: along with chips the previous owner spilled also some water or soda that got inside the connector of the amp and corroded the pins. As I unplugged it, on of them broke off.
It's probably a little hard to see but is pin #18 which is the 4th from the right in the third row of smaller pins from the top.
A new amp is about $1,000 and I found a used one for $540... But was still a lot of money, for something so stupid as a broken pin.
So I took the thing apart a pulled a wire from the behind the pin to the wiring harness and... BOOM, it works.... I'm so happy!!!!!!!!!
Here's some pix
Bottom line: if it ain't broken, brake it; if it broke, fix it!!!!!
), and why I haven't I vacuum the chips from there, and bla bla bla... Chips were there when I bought the car, so I have no clue how they got in the battery compartment, but cleaning them was on the to-do-list. So last weekend I decide to do it: I pulled out everything from there, including the battery and the amp. I dumped a bucket of water and added some baking soda to neutralize any spill of sulfuric acid that might have heppened (you nver know, not everyone out there cares about their Zes)...
Time to reconnect everything and... the radio doesn't work anymore. Long story short: along with chips the previous owner spilled also some water or soda that got inside the connector of the amp and corroded the pins. As I unplugged it, on of them broke off.
It's probably a little hard to see but is pin #18 which is the 4th from the right in the third row of smaller pins from the top.
A new amp is about $1,000 and I found a used one for $540... But was still a lot of money, for something so stupid as a broken pin.
So I took the thing apart a pulled a wire from the behind the pin to the wiring harness and... BOOM, it works.... I'm so happy!!!!!!!!!
Here's some pix
Bottom line: if it ain't broken, brake it; if it broke, fix it!!!!!
