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[aaronjb]

Nicely done

Now, how far away are you, and will you come and re-crimp mine? I just remembered that last time I pulled the headlining down in the back, the connector fell off the end of the wire .. which could be a large part of my problem!

[LC0112G]

Nicely done

Now, how far away are you, and will you come and re-crimp mine? I just remembered that last time I pulled the headlining down in the back, the connector fell off the end of the wire .. which could be a large part of my problem!

I think the connector type is called an "FME".

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coaxial-Connector-FME-male-Fits-RG58-LMR195-/280666949552?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4451642004992124988

The sat-nav wiring is male to male in the loom (from roof to kick panel). The connector will need special tools to assemble. Another option is just to buy two connectors and a length of suitable coax, and just replace/bypass the whole lot. If can;t do it yourself, then any decent techie could probably make up it up for you.

The other thing I wondered about was using the phone cable instead (my car hasn't got, and never will have a built in government big brother Eschilon tracking device) The phone cable is female to female in the loom, so you would need two gender-benders, one for the roof end and one for the kick panel end. Can't see any on eBay, but RS do them I think.

Another option if you think your aerial base is fubar is to buy a Satnav aerial with an FME male connector on it - something like this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPS-Active-Antenna-FME-male-connector-2M-3M-5M-/380337248482?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588dddd8e2

Just a tip - if trying to repair the in car loom, don't just pull the aerial wiring out into the C pillar. Tie a bit of string to it first, and then pull the string through as you pull the cabels out. That way, you can repair the cable, tie it back to the string, and then use the string to pull the cable back up the C pillar and along the roof channel. With nothing to pull it through, its a git of a job.

[Andy H]

Anyone know what the inline plugs are called in the sat-nav aerial wiring? They are smaller than F's, and larger than SMA's.

Tonight I wiggled and jiggled the connector in the kickpanel, but couldn't clear the short. So I bit the bullet, pulled off the OSR C pillar trim, and pulled the roof wiring out. Sure enough, wiggling and jiggling that connector cleared and made the short. I then pulled the connector off the end of the cable. And then the short was obvious. Whoever crimped this connector on wants a kicking.

I've searched high and low for the connector type, but can't find it. I thought about stripping out the telephone cabling and using that, but the telephon is female-female, whereas the sat-nav is male-male, so that won't work. I've cleaned the connector up best I can so I could possibly re-use it, but I really, REALLY don't like electrical bodges.

Any ideas?

Put a WANTED ad in the testing section (with a request for the admins to move it to the for sale & wanted section)

[Lampynoiseboy]

Dave

Have you ever managed to locate replacement seals for them? VX only want to supply the complete base.

I'm new round here. Could you give me a clue as to who/where Dave DND is please?

I`m here !!   

In Paignton for anyone who is passing through, and if you don`t have a sat nav, drive south/west on the M5 - keep going in a dead straight line for 30 miles and stop when you hit the sea. Look around, and I`m probably the one trying to catch a fish

 

Not uncommon for those aerials to fail due to water ingress and the seals leaking causing the electronics inside to corrode and fail.

Try catching seals?

Sorry, i'll get my coat......