ISO Broken Antenna (3 Viewers)

[Freeborn]

Hey, friends. Does anyone out there have a busted motorized antenna they want to get rid of? Why do I want a broken one? Well, I bought all of the bits to convert to a mast antenna, but it turns out they depend on the old antenna being there for installation, and mine was removed long before I owned the truck.

I’m also open to other suggestions. Thx.

 

[delz05]

and I just tossed 2 this past Monday....

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Are you talking about the motor assembly in the fender or the actual retractable mast?

 

[Freeborn]

Are you talking about the motor assembly in the fender or the actual retractable mast?

...the motor assembly. If there's one out there, I'll take it off your hands. However, I ended up using various adhesives to make my current situation work. We'll see how it does on the first visit to a car wash.

 

[Octous]

What kit are you using to convert to a static mast antenna?
I can't help you with a donation of a motorized one, however, my motorized one is broken and am thinking of switching to a static one!

 

[Freeborn]

What kit are you using to convert to a static mast antenna?
I can't help you with a donation of a motorized one, however, my motorized one is broken and am thinking of switching to a static one!

I grabbed this one on Amazon.

In my case, a previous owner had added a universal aftermarket antenna that was broken off, so I had to grab the various trim pieces:
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Black plastic piece that sits on the fender

I also needed to swap out the end of the antenna wire to match the male end that pushes into the back of the radio. So I picked up this piece, cut off the female end, spliced it onto the fender end of the antenna wire, and pushed it into the bottom of the antenna kit.

Finally, I ended up using a combination of silicone and superglue to piece it all together. It took a lot of patience and creativity and masking things that I didn't want to end up with adhesive on them. But it did seem to work. I would also classify the effort as "Squarely Janky" if I was the next owner and had to reverse engineer it all.