Its cold outside and if I go out the door the dogs will bark when I come in and my pregnant wife does not like that. Does anyone know if my truck came with a power antenna? The antenna on my truck unscrews and the sound quality is pretty crappy. I am wondering if the previous owner just took the easy way out.

Evan

Hey what's the complaint.... isn't there only one radio station there! lol

I was stationed there 3x and retired in '93. I actually miss that area and absolutely miss the people I worked with.

Yes my 2000 has a power antenna AND an antenna in the side rear glass. If you have the factory radio one of the leads may have come loose or unplugged.

Yea there is only one here, lol. The others I tune in from Columbia, Missouri. It does not have the factory radio in it and it has been doing this since I bought the truck in St. Louis.

Evan

it came with a power antenna i think...i believe all of them did...or at least sr5 and limited...so the motor prolly broke (common problem) and he put a taco one on or something...

get a new antenna and motor and fix her!

It is hard for me to tell when I open the door and look through that little crack. It looks like there is a housing for an antenna that recoils, but I do not see the motor or anything else. Does anyone have a picture of what it should look like?

Evan

The Power antenna on my 97' 4runner went bad and would not go up or down. Mine has a broken ridged nylon cord that runs through a gear attached to the electric motor to raise and lower the antenna. Since the motor was not bound by the broken cord I could hear the gear running for a few seconds once I turned the radio on and off. That being said you too should be able to hear the motor for a brief time after you first turn on or off the radio. Might want to put your ear to the fender and have someone else turn the radio on and off to determine if the motor is running at all. If that doesn't appeal to you you can jack the front right wheel up remove the tire, pull the wheel well rain guard off and see the motor connected to the antenna.
If you determine the motor is good then you can oder a new nylon cord from the dealer, take the motor out, unscrew the top off the motor, remove any of the nylon cord left in the center of the motor housing, seal the housing back,put the motor back in the fender well, attach the nylon cord to the end of the antenna, feed it through the hole in the top of the fender well, turn the radio on, get ready to insert the new cord in the to of the motor housing, turn the radio off (causes the motor to attempt to retract the cord), then feed the cord down until it catches the gear and it will feed itself back into the motor housing... whew...at least it worked for me......