Factory amp bypass

[fishEH]

So I dropped the glove box to look around in there. Saw the amp with the fuse like Dan described. Reached in there to pull the fuse, bumped some wires, and the whining started. Bumped them again and it disappeared. Weird thing is its the wires for the power antenna. I continued to jiggle them and for a while the whining would come/go as I moved the wires, then it just stopped whining and no amount of jiggling could make it start again.


Now, the power antenna has been broke for some time now. It stopped going up/down so I just yanked it up and left it.
I'm wondering if the antenna is the source of my issues all along and if replacing it with a generic would solve it?

 

[robertf]

power antenna?

They didn't have power antennas from the factory

 

[fishEH]

power antenna?

They didn't have power antennas from the factory

Really? Huh. Well yeah this is a power antenna. Used to go up/down every time the truck was turned on/off.

 

[robertf]

there is a pin on the radio to hook it up correctly so it goes on with radio selected instead of tape or CD or always on with the truck, but its not in the harness and would be more custom work.

Hopefully they didn't butcher the fender too much when they installed it.

 

[Devildog01]

Real men can't hear their radio because their uber tire whine is so loud.

 

[fishEH]

there is a pin on the radio to hook it up correctly so it goes on with radio selected instead of tape or CD or always on with the truck, but its not in the harness and would be more custom work.

Hopefully they didn't butcher the fender too much when they installed it.

Yeah it doesn't go up or down now. Fender looks great. I really thought it was factory because its that clean looking.
Guess I'll just snag some generic antenna and splice it in.

 

[fishEH]

Pic of the offending power antenna. Looked sano to me.

 

[WaltNYC]

I've never seen a stock antennae like that. To the best of my knowledge there are two radio antennae, one in each of the side glass in the rear of the truck below the alpine windows.

 

[robertf]

96 and older had it on the fender

 

[MM3846]

My 95 has what looks like a power antenna. I have no idea if it works though... I just leave it down.

 

[fishEH]

So far no more noise since jiggling the wires. :banghead:
I'm going to call that a Win for now.