Agreed, $150 pricy but wanted to see if it was possible. Can you share the specifics of the LC100 antenna swap? Does it have both plugs or do you just swap the armatures of units?
I may be able to shed some light on rebuilding.
Scoured all of the threads on this antenna variation, 86300-60080. Was going to try the lc100 hack but wanted to see if it was possible to cobble together a working unit.
I ended up just rebuilding my antenna. Took every piece apart to diagnose...
Deep in 97 antenna land. Bought what I thought was a used replacement but it didn’t work. Said f it and fully disassembled the thing and determined to fix it myself.
It seems the culprit at least for me was heavy carbon buildup inside the motor housing/ wear on the copper ring.
To be...
Baseline report- I changed the oil as soon as I got it, ran it 3,000 miles, then changed again and sent the first report to Blackstone. Mobil 1 5w30 full synthetic.
Also included is the compression and leak down test done a few months ago.