1984 Camaro Z28, passsenger side kick panel.

I cannot find where this power antenna female coax plugs in. When I pulled the antenna out to do the repair, I didn't see where it plugged into. I've never seen a connector like this before so don't know what the plug looks like and I've looked everywhere. I know that the male on the radio side looks like but that would mean there are two males on both sides and this male side would have to have a shroud around it. It's kinda strange.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

here is a picture of the connector.

 

That is a aftermarket replacement power antenna for a Jeep. That coax cable plugs into another cable in the Jeep that has the Motorola antenna connector that plugs into the factory Jeep radio. There is nothing for it to plug into in your car.

Where is the factory GM antenna coax cable that ran from the back of the radio through the rubber push in plug with the White, Green, and Grey wires to the factory GM antenna?

 

That's the way i bought the car. so how can I make this work? if I had the jumper from the antenna to the radio, I could get it work, correct? any idea the part number I need?

 

i can change it to the correct connector if i had an old original antenna for a GM. i wonder what these were used on.

 

When you take the GM power antenna out of the car you remove the two Philips head screws attaching the GM coax connector to the GM power antenna. On the Jeep power antenna you remove these two same Philips head screws and remove the short Jeep coax cable from the Jeep power antenna. The GM coax cable connects to the same place you took the coax off the Jeep power antenna. So the short Jeep coax cable is not used. The white, green, and grey wires are cut spliced together between the GM wiring and the Jeep wiring between the cabin and fender area. You end up with the rubber push in plug from the Jeep antenna, the Jeep coax cable, and the Jeep power plug and wiring still in the rubber push in plug not used.

I've done dozens of the Jeep power antenna to GM F-body conversions over the years. I've never seen a coax cable with the connector that plugs into that connector on the Jeep power antenna. I've looked everywhere for one. It would make the conversion so much easier without have to cut and splice anything.

Is the GM coax cable nowhere to be found in the car? Is there no antenna cable plugged into the factory radio now?

 

no, it was all replaced by previous owner. I'm searching for a used one now. these cars are hard to find in these junk yards around here. ebay has nothing that I've found so far.

 

I'll do some more looking to see what I can find. My friend is coming by and we are going to my shop for awhile to work on my Firebird and his GN.

 

When I was replacing my missing power antenna that a PO had removed I went with the Jeep Crown unit but had a similar problem of making the connection between the coaxial cables.

The original GM was already cut at the end so I cut off the end of the Crown and tried my best to splice the 2 wires together…not ideal but it was my only option as parts for the power antenna are tough to find. The radio works well and no issues with reception other than the limitations of an original Delco radio.

So if you can’t find any replacement parts this is an option, you just have to be very careful with the coax cables


Not pretty, but has been functional for the past few years.

 

98-01 cherokee antenna cable looks like it could work (w/ mods), but it too has a male/female end. I have an idea i wanna try, but its my buddies car.

 

I thought about doing a splice with connectors since I have the tools. But after hours of scowering eBay, I finally found the OEM part I needed. These parts are for various GMs, and I just had to keep searching, I finally found one from an Olds. The junk yard was my next option. Thanks for all the help, I would never have have known that connector was not an OEM GM since the antenna motor looked just like the OEM. I learned something in the process.

 

Care to share what it is that you have found so we can all benefit?

 

Absolutely!!!

 

That will work if it is long enough to reach the antenna jack on your radio. Good news even if it's not long enough to reach that is a standard male full size Motorola antenna jack on the end and extension coax cables are a dime a dozen.

Now the fun will come with cutting the Jeep coax connector off the coax cable and pulling it through the push in rubber grommet and pushing the full size male Motorola coax connector back through the rubber grommet. I think there is a hole with a plug in it somewhere close to where the power antenna coax and power wire grommet is for cars that had a normal fixed mast antenna that could be used if you don't have any luck pushing the new cable through the old grommet.

 

Nothing an exacto knife and a little RTV won't solve.