Re: Replacement antenna cable

The center prong in the plug is broken. I would need a complete new plug, but there's no way I can see to splice it.

Ray

I finally found an installer who knew what he was doing. Contrary to my assertion above, he was able to splice the plug from a new 12" cable onto the old cable. He just stripped back the shields, twisted them together pigtail-like, and crimped them, then did the same with the center conductors. The two cables at the junction aren't in axial alignment; the cable ends point the same direction. So while there is perfect electrical continuity of the shields, there is no shield around the spliced center conductors. Even so there is no ignition static, AM or FM. Price: $29.96, and instant service (about 10 minutes) while I watched.

Screw Toyota and their outrageously priced replacement parts.

Thanks to all for your comments.

Ray

If the installer knew what he was doing he would have aligned the cables axially; soldered the center conductor, put some heatshrink over the splice and then wrapped the shield axially around that and soldered or wirewrapped the shield conductor. This maintains the integrity of the shielding. You are fortunate you aren't hearing RF noise with this kludge.