How To Fix Aerial Wire

[marcus32]

anyone know how to repaire cut aerial wire to get a good connection for the radio, i heard there was like a twist together plug you can get or someway of connecting the wire and the shield without causing a bad reception. thanks

[kamakazi]

yer i need 2 know aswell mine came from japan like this too

[marcus32]

well that makes two of us, surely someone else's car has turned up in this condition. how did u fix it?

[marcus32]

anyone?

[LO_R33]

Well, being a japanese connection is f**ked from the start because you can only repair the larger one. The small one is far to small.

Go to jaycar and tell them your arial cable has been cut and you need a joiner (this is a plastic connection which has metal components inside, it then screws together joining and seperating both parts inside the wire), this joiner will be male and will plug into a female terminal, then you get some extention leads and about $10 later you have a working arial. I did this to mine, and it worked.. however i never found out how to get the arial to actually wind up!

Doesnt matter anyway:P i suggest you invest in some cd/dvd's and listen/watch them insted.. this is what i did and i found the quality to be 100x better. Hope this helps mate.

Dayne

[LO_R33]

Forgot to add, i dont know the name of the connection but if you go in there or even to dick smith or any GOOD electrical store they should be able to help! just explain your story, the guy at jaycar was kind enough to come outside and look and he told me what exactly to buy!

Dayne

[marcus32]

thats weird cause i went to jaycar and before i finished saying what i wanted the guy said "na mate gotta go to strathfield" and even they didn't know what i was after. maybe i'll try another store but thanks for your help now i know exactly what to tell em.