# Broke antenna wire **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793 "2018-08-12T15:48:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793/1 "2018-08-12T15:48:13Z")
Radio works poorly. What do you think previous owner was doing cutting antenna wire? Was he mad that day? How do you replace wire to front fender area? Without getting really mad? i am going to run new antenna wire from fender area and leave old wire in place. or cut out what i can see. the part about removing front fender to reach antenna wire grommet sounds annoying. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/7/70ced815a90dcd6d78ed16f39a17b445f3847b24.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793/2 "2018-08-12T16:46:44Z")
Do you have enough extra cable to cut out the bad part and put a new end on? We have a crimping tool for cctv connections, but maybe they sell ends without a crimp tool needed. I always try to look for the simplest most efficient solution. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793/3 "2018-08-12T19:10:36Z")
poked around door jamb. Found antenna wire. Dug out old soldering iron and after a bit of tinkering, got 2 good solder connections. Soldering 2 wires inside dash with no anchoring is touchy. Radio works now. Bal/fade was set so only driver speaker worked. Odd ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793/4 "2018-08-12T20:55:04Z")
NIce work doing a fussy repair at the site of the damage - and avoiding a more major reinstallation of the whole cable. Here’s hoping it will work OK! ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793/5 "2018-08-12T22:49:04Z")
Never did try cd. I assume it worked fine with no antenna? ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793/6 "2018-08-12T22:52:58Z")
CD would not need the antenna. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793/7 "2018-08-14T03:25:47Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > What do you think previous owner was doing cutting antenna wire? Maybe listening to talk radio, didn’t like what he was hearing 😉 Good job on the repair. Good for you. Wiring and electrical system problems can be frustrating. I must have spent 2 solid hours repairing a non-functioning license plate bulb on my truck the other day. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broke-antenna-wire/122793/8 "2018-08-14T13:33:36Z")
he cut the antenna next to the big bundle and also cut it under the taped section near the plug. why 2 cuts? thats why i considered replacing the antenna. since i go to boneyard monthly to look for parts. i assume he had aftermarket radio in suv and maybe the hu required a different jack and he was too lazy to get an adapter?