Swapped the whole antenna motor and all over a decade ago. Did the steel cable swap about 7ish years ago, worked great, then the internal switch went out so the options were either buy a replacement switch (discontinued, and pricey), or buy a replacement antenna (and eventually cable swap it again). So I just swapped the whole assembly for a fixed mast OEM unit. Props to Hawks for making the fender base.

Works like a charm. Saved all the power antenna specific pieces (relay, wiring, brackets, etc.) in case I change my mind in 20 years, but for now I prefer the simple. If anyone has questions on the process I thought I'd start a thread. Peace!

 

How about the Crown antenna? Same as our OE, but for jeep cherokees.

 

We been having bad luck with the Crown Automotive Jeep power antennas lately.

@Neil350 Has ran across the Power Antenna – Auto Pro ANT1007 he posted about in his thread. It's a bit pricy though but it says it has a New Improved Internal Design. I'd have to see this to justify the price. I was getting the Crowns for about 80 to 90 bucks.

https://autoprousa.com/products/ant1007

 

Yeah that’s what I had read about crown too. Who knows though, parts have good runs and bad.

 

Looks decent, still made in chyna though. You're right about the pricing.

 

I tried two Crown replacements and both were problematic, so I gave up for a number of years and went to the manual mast. I bought the car with a very broken power antenna. I saw the ant-pro piece and tried it, worked like a charm. That said, a power antenna is kind of annoying, so I plan to put a toggle momentary to the relay power so I can turn it off. Primarily listen to tapes anyway, I just wanted the antenna to work for what ever reason that temporarily motivated me to do it.

 

TBH, looking cool when starting and shutting off the car at shows is like 99% of the reason I had one for so long 🤣