Hey guys,

I bought a '93 XJ, previous owner told me he though their was a antenna wire short. Made sense since I could play CDs without issues, but radio had poor reception and a lot of static.

I was going to pull the antenna wire (and a pull string with it) and check for the cable for bare wire. Thus the beginning of my hell. I disconnected the antenna wire from the radio, unscrewed the antenna from the stem - so far so good. As I began to unscrew the antenna base I quickly realize the stud was turning too. I found some instructions online, took off the mud guard and tried to grip the below-the-surface portion of the base - God that was hard. Eventually I did unscrew the top net and the antenna base dropped down. The cable had already fallen out out of the base. I quickly found that the antenna cable had an intermediate connection between end to end, and it was already disconnected.

So now I am left with removing the existing antenna wire and re-running a new one - has anyone tackled this? What are some of the basic steps to access the antenna wire? How much paneling needs to come off?

Thanks,
Kelly

 

easyist way i found remove the fender enough to acess the hole in the kick pannel and remove the inside kick pannel plastic and go from there

 

And,if the cable is good from kick panel to radio, splice the new wire there.
Saves fishing it out of the dashboard.

 

i was having the same or a similar problem. My jeep when i got it the radio was fine, over the months it started getting really crappy reception and would just cut out for a few minutes and then come on dimly. Eventually it just didnt work at all. Turned out the stock radio was bad and not the radio wire like i thought it was going to be.