using the first pic as reference:
do the faint sounds come from pin #2 (starting on the left) from the extra vertical board that has the black blob?
so the second one near the alligator clip?
anyway
on the transistor (the black dangling thingy):
the top leg has the battery wire connected to it
the middle leg has the volume control wire connected to it
so my guess would be the bottom leg would be where you want to have your speaker + connected.
that means, on the far left of the board, the lowest point that has solder.
the point to the left of where the black wire goes, the one that has the 'these 3 black wires...' label.
from what i can tell from your pictures, that is, anyway.
if that doesn't work, you may have fried the tranny..
does your power switch work, by the way? it seems to be wired rather funnily.