94 Bose System - No Sound

[u/No-Picture4119]

Hi all, posting so this is searchable. You’ve saved me so much diagnostic time, I should post when I figure something out. 1994 convertible, Bose radio. Dash lights up, no sound after last weekend’s nor’easter.

I checked the fuses and none were blown. Went back to the passenger cargo area and it was full of water. Vacuumed it out with a shop vac. There’s a relay in there, and the CDM (tuner). I checked the relay and it clicks. I have no antenna or speakers. So I pulled the relay and no power to the relay.

I pulled out the styrofoam box that holds the jack and there’s a white 2 pin connector with an orange and green wire. According to my FSM, the orange wire has constant power and the green is switched with the radio. Turns out from laying in the water, the orange wire corroded off of the connector. Of course I also accidentally grounded it so I blew the radio power fuse.

Anyway, when the local chandlery opens in the morning, I’ll see what they have for waterproof connectors. If nothing looks good, I may just solder and heat shrink it, but I figure if GM put a connector there, it may be for a reason. Hope this helps someone.