Any tips for tracing back/disconnecting the antenna wire?

LDelSanto86 · October 15, 2020

I removed the antenna on my 2016 Silverado..I ended up cutting the antenna wire just below the antenna. I removed both glove boxes and I can only catch a glimpse of the wire - I’m able to pull on it but there’s no play. I reached around the engine compartment, behind the battery, and I can kind of feel a loop of the antenna wire, so maybe that’s what’s keeping me from pulling it in?

Ultimately, I’m trying to hook the antenna up through a CB Coax splitter. The splitter came with a new radio antenna wire to use, but I don’t know how much work it’ll be getting up behind the radio to unplug the old one and plug the new one in. Ideally, if the factory wire has a connection on the inside after the radio that I could use, I’d prefer to just do that.

Anyway, anyone have experience with this? Is it a PITA trying to get behind the radio to install a new one? Anyone know if there’s a connection on the interior?

Thanks

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Ravenkeeper · October 17, 2020

Here's the video that I used to figure out how I'm going to tie my scanner and my hidden antennas into my radio, in the near future. There's (supposedly) an antenna connection under the dash panel around the daylight sensor, along the windshield.

LDelSanto86 · October 17, 2020

HUGE HELP! I’ll be trying that as soon as the sun comes up.. thank you! I had no idea the connection was under the dash. That’s all I need to get to! Thank you!

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