Dude... Your video gave me the confidence I needed to fix the antenna on my wife's 4 Runner. But I have to take issue with you because of something you left out. I took the antenna motor apart to get the old cable out of it. While I had it apart I cleaned it and gave it some new grease. Then, when I started putting it back together is where I ran into trouble and cussed you a bit for what your video left out. First thing I noticed; The bolt through the center of the gear would not tighten down! BECAUSE the nut that was supposed to be on the back was not there! Your video never showed you addressing this loose nut on the back of the motor. Not knowing it was there, I screwed the bolt out and unbeknownst to me the nut fell out. It was only by shear luck that I found that little bitty nut in the sand by the tire. Second problem; Another loose nut. Top ground screw threads through a nut inside the plastic housing. When loose this nut can move around and become misaligned. A little heads up on this would have been appreciated. You should go back to your video and the part where you zip through the disassembly and assembly of the antenna motor, slow it down and address these two very important nuts.
I disagree. When people do these videos it's a help to us all. Might need to look back at what you forgot etc...Not easy to do this. It's not a step by step unless said so. I stand ready to answer any blow back.
My aerial broke off at a car wash 19 years ago. I always figured it would be too much of an ordeal to replace it - for kicks I thought I’d watch a video on it… yours… and it encouraged me to give it a go. When I got the motor assembly apart there was absolutely no trace of the nylon gear at the bottom of the aerial shaft. Nothing… it had completely disintegrated and disappeared. Replaced it with a new OEM and it works great. Thanks for the vid!
2 years later this antenna video is still very useful! My antenna was stuck in the up position, and of course the white antenna puller had broken off in the motor...it could never just be easy. This video helped greatly in getting the motor assembly off and pulling out the broken nylon. Thanks!
The fall out video was gold lol! Love your channel. I just acquired a 97 limited 2wd auto with 230K and it runs so smooth. Has the typical rear drum bearing seal leak, so I got all new Toyota parts to do that job. And I could hear my antenna trying to work but won’t extend so this is perfect!
Perfect Video! I took a shot that mine was ejected in a similar fashion, and might not need "cleanup". 5 minutes later installed and tested ok. $14.34 on rockauto, and I am rockin'. Thanks!
I came to say thanks. Finally bought a 3rd gen. Your videos were my #1 source of info. Mine was by no means a steal, paid $4,000 for it, but I think it will be worth every penny. I expect I'll be watching your channel for many more hours to come.
Thank you! And thanks for going through the cleaning of the motor. When mine came out, the entire white gear interface cable was left inside the motor housing. Very helpful!!
I almost never listen to terrestrial radio anymore, but whenever my head unit is turned on it raises the power antenna. I'm going to repurpose an extra liftgate window switch to raise and lower the power antenna only when I want it. This was a standard feature in most late-model Land Cruisers, but Toyota never carried it over to the Hilux/4Runner platform. .
I went off road few months ago and was playing the radio and went too close to some bushes and broke mine. I bought an aftermarket one from amazon and it’s not working too well. I have a lot of play like when the antenna is all the way out. I’m going to check the link for the one you got and see if it’s the same one or either. Thanks for your video man.
Not antenna question. Asking what is good source for factory replacement stereo head unit, 3rd gen? Also, what is reliable easy install alternative to factory?
Awesome, I'm going to try this out on my 97, I absolutely hate the noise it makes now haha. I hadn't noticed the first times it didn't go down because it was so dark and I heard the motor run, but I've noticed a bit of a quality drop in my music lately and it's probably due to this. I'm not great at this kind of thing but I'm hoping I'll be able to make it work!
My antenna motor is broken (or at least it is incredibly loud and whines for a long time), but my antenna doesn't rise anymore; however, can I just remove that antenna motor and still have the radio work?
Note if your 4Runner has finder flares you have to take them off first. Also mine was just going up a little and not coming along the way down. Fixed it by taking out the antenna spraying a crap tom of wd40 in the hole and then put it back in the way he shows in the video.
Great video! My antenna on my 2002 4runner won't go up every time I turn on the radio but I can hear the motor running for a few seconds so I'm guessing now watching your video that the threats on the end of the antenna are broken?
When my sunroof stopped working I sprayed a ton of WD40 down inside the rails and voila’ it began working. The WD40 penetrated all that grease in there. BTW nice vid as always Pho!
@@richardgonzales9833 I recently fixed mine too. Took off the glass and cleaned up the rails real good. Found out previous owner dropped a screw in the track which prevented the glass to slide. Now it's fully functioning.
I'm thinking about disconnecting mine not functioning properly thinking it might be draining my battery when not in use. Old owner put in after market radio not sure if thats the issue I hear the motor making noise but no movement of the antenna.
Hello Friend! I'm just getting around to fixing mine. We just traded my junk 2013 Silverado and got my wife a 2019 4 runner (so at peace with this decision!). Now, I'm driving her 2002 4runner Limited. ANNNDDD Now, I'm addressing all of the issues she's wanted me to fix for years (sometimes a man just needs time, you know...), plus some more capable mods...practical things...you know...pretty much all of your earlier videos I'd appreciate your thoughts on this inquiry...I've replaced this crap antenna once, but didn't know to get the old pieces out of the motor at the time. So, for about 10 years it has sounded like hell when you start it or when you cut it off, because the gear would grind on the end lengths of the "gear whip" for about 2 minutes, hahahah...I was thinking that I would like to do away with the motorized antenna and just use a fixed one. However, I don't want to go through the trouble of routing a new antenna wire. Do you think that you could screw one on to the threads at the top of the motor? Even disconnect the motor driving if you wish...Seems to me the conductivity should be better than the gear whip...I'm thinking of trying, even if I have to use gas/water fittings to step down to the size. What do you think?
Do you have to grease the inside lining of the plastic wheel (where the white antenna cable coils) inside the motor assembly? If so, what type of lubricant can you use? You didn’t show this but wondering if it’s a good idea.
I have the OEM replacement atennna. When I cut off the radio is trying to grab the treads but it’s spinning trying to grab the new one. Does it matter which way the teeth are facing as it’s going in? Wondering go if that’s the problem. Thanks
Makes sense, but it looked funny on the motor assembly you had disconnected and free of the vehicle. 🙂 Got the OEM parts and I'm about to try my antenna replacement this weekend. 🤞🏼
Problem: Do you know why my antenna motor is still trying to push the antenna up farther when it has reached max extension? Antenna motor is running after full extension of antenna.... and gears are grinding.
My motor & everything still works, can I easily just replace the mast? I'm not great at DIY Or since I don't really listen to radio what's the best way to take it out?
Any tips for getting it to go all the way back up again? That’s the issue I’m having with mine, so I don’t want to replace it with a new one to have the same issue
@@PhoRunner you got that right. Just tried to bend it back at Home Depot and it wouldn’t go down all the way which wasn’t happening before 😂 bent it again and it went down I’m not messing with it again til I’m ready to exchange it! Lol. Thanks for the info brotha
@@PhoRunner Hi PHO bro! Wanna hear a funny?? I started my car and TRIED the radio and the THING WENT DOWN!!! AAAHAA!! AND COMES UP!!! I just got my NEW MAST delivered today, too, so, I have a spare! Guess that means I put it back in the RIGHT WAY!! 😄
Hey there My PHO BRO👋, NOW, here's ANOTHER trippy THING!!! And THIS SHIT REALLY HAPPENED yesterday, I go to start it, doesn't start, get bells, lights, etc. blah blah,, heard THAT before, and THOUGHT IT was the starter relay, so I put in a new one.. THIS TIME, the engine turns OVER AND makes a like BIG NOISE, while I drive it to the hospital, it starts a little WHINE AND THEN THAT stops, then... (suspense builds...)-we are at the hospital they are closed for the holidays, so I pull in, and want to look under the hood, see if there's anything I, as a GIRL, can visualize, hah, THEN IT WON'T TURN OFF!!! WWWHHAAATTTT TFFFFF??? I have the KEYS IN MY HAND AND THE HOOD IS UP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WANTS TO START OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER... Get back in.. what HARM could it DO to try and start it MYSELF, and then,.... smoooooth like ServePro, like it never even HAPPENED... Ghost in the Machine 🤔
I got a new radio and the antenna wont go down unless I turn off my Frogrunner (2000). Antenna broke in a stupid car wash and I am going to try following your video by feeding in a new one..any tips on why the antenna only goes down when the vehicle is off?
I have the same problem. I just got a new radio and wired it myself so that’s probably the issue. Have you tried fixing it to see where you/the person who wired your radio went wrong?
@@PhoRunner funny you say that because when I pulled the old one there was nothing just the antenna itself. Motor works as far as hearing it, not sure about the gears inside
I'm not a fan of the power antenna. Other than going up and down? It looks cool but useless. Also, it goes Way up...Looks silly. JMO but I have to replace mine...Going w a whip. You also have antennae in the rear windows...
@@PhoRunner I ordered a replacement. I went full Japan from Japan. I have the replacement mass too from Rock Auto...I'm sure I took the power Antenna motor out and trashed it. It worked though. Buying parts and guessing gets tiresome. This will no doubt fit right but the mast? I want a whip in there.
You'd think after 30+ years (My 1988 Land Cruiser has this same style power antenna with plastic support up the mast, that has been replaced multiple times and finally a few years ago by a Firestick mount) there would be a longer lasting, more reliable type of power antenna. I absolutely detest this design, and the fact that they're never easy to get to in any vehicle is enraging. If something is notoriously unreliable and short lived, it should at least be integrated in a way that would allow easy replacement.
Or,just turn radio on to get antenna up,leave it up pull antenna as far out as you can,vise grip it,cut it off ,feed new antenna w teeth forward, turn radio off, your done
Mine had that white coming out so I cut it. I did not know that it was important. Oops. Now I pull it out by hand. And push it in by hand. The motor works I can hear it do its thing. Thanks for the video maybe I will fix it. So I did not give back the 4runner to my sister I have her a camry instead. She needs to save money on gas. Thank I love your vids.
I hate my antenna so i just pull it right out and cap it back on since i don’t even listen to radio anyways, i just stick with my BT. Lol if i knew I would’ve just give you mine lol
good video, I am very frustrated, as after researching this problem, i thought it would be an easy fix. I could hear the motor going up and down, but the antennae did not move. So it seemed so easy. So far things have been going fairly well with my (third) 4Runner, a 1998 Limited that i just bought and had shipped from Cali to New Hampshire. (such a great decision! The underside and the frame, every bit of it is just immaculate! Like, it had dust! Just amazing!) Unfortunately, this job ended up being a B*itch! The top nut was frozen, that took forever, got it off, but underneath it was a mess for some reason. Never would the old antennae come out! It would go up and down, but never come out! Pull, twist, pull harder, nothing. Just would not come out. After watching your vid, i went underneath and took a look, thought i could pull it and take out the antennae, replace and move fwd. NO such luck! I even took the motor apart, could not remove the antennae for love or money, even with 2 pairs of vise-grips. Its like it was hit by lightening and just froze inside. It would twist and spin, but not come out! Now I have the crappiest job: buy a whole power assembly, remove the radio, snake the wire out and install the whole thing all over again! Stupid, as the antennae was THERE, and it was UP, and it worked! It just did not zing up and down and I'm OCD about have everything work perfectly! Oh well. if only it dropped in like all the others.
Excellent video. Full of information, and not just covering your particular scenario, but covering several issues people my have with their antenna. My dumbarse left it up in a carwash and it bent the mast over. It's my wife's 4Runner, so I've been in the doghouse until getting it fixed.
Thanks a lot, my man! Just bought my 99 4Runner, took it through the carwash.... bought the replacement from Amazon and you saved the day. Thanks for the clear instructions, all fixed up here!
Hi, sorry about my English language I'm from libya.. Love your channel.. I have 4runner 2000.. I have question about ball joint failure, it's big problem for me because when I go off road I keep thinking about it 😅. Do you have solutions for it?
@@PhoRunner it's STILL TICKIN'!! NOW I CAN'T GET THE OLD ONE OUT! I STUPIDLY STUCK IT RIGHT BACK IN, AND IT FED THRU, ETC BUT THE VERY TIPP TOP OF THE TELLY SCOPE THING IS STUCK!! WTF!!? IM NOT WEARING MY 🕶️FLASSED SO I WILL HAVE MISYTWKE;
Dude... Your video gave me the confidence I needed to fix the antenna on my wife's 4 Runner. But I have to take issue with you because of something you left out. I took the antenna motor apart to get the old cable out of it. While I had it apart I cleaned it and gave it some new grease. Then, when I started putting it back together is where I ran into trouble and cussed you a bit for what your video left out.
First thing I noticed; The bolt through the center of the gear would not tighten down! BECAUSE the nut that was supposed to be on the back was not there! Your video never showed you addressing this loose nut on the back of the motor. Not knowing it was there, I screwed the bolt out and unbeknownst to me the nut fell out. It was only by shear luck that I found that little bitty nut in the sand by the tire.
Second problem; Another loose nut. Top ground screw threads through a nut inside the plastic housing. When loose this nut can move around and become misaligned. A little heads up on this would have been appreciated.
You should go back to your video and the part where you zip through the disassembly and assembly of the antenna motor, slow it down and address these two very important nuts.
Sorry bud. Guess I forgot about this. Glad you still got it fixed!! Sometimes you gotta get in there and things get a wild hehe.
I’ll be pinning your comment so others know :)
@@PhoRunner Thanks much.
I disagree. When people do these videos it's a help to us all. Might need to look back at what you forgot etc...Not easy to do this. It's not a step by step unless said so.
I stand ready to answer any blow back.
It’s all good. Have any video is going to be more helpful than no video. It’s up to the person watching to execute at the end of the day
My aerial broke off at a car wash 19 years ago. I always figured it would be too much of an ordeal to replace it - for kicks I thought I’d watch a video on it… yours… and it encouraged me to give it a go. When I got the motor assembly apart there was absolutely no trace of the nylon gear at the bottom of the aerial shaft. Nothing… it had completely disintegrated and disappeared.
Replaced it with a new OEM and it works great. Thanks for the vid!
Nice glad I could help!
2 years later this antenna video is still very useful! My antenna was stuck in the up position, and of course the white antenna puller had broken off in the motor...it could never just be easy. This video helped greatly in getting the motor assembly off and pulling out the broken nylon. Thanks!
Good to hear!
Learned a hard lesson in carwash this weekend... Happy to find a video of yours waiting! They are currently $45 for oem so that is nice.
Nice man hahaha. I sent mine in with it up too . Lucky it still works after some bending lol
Yep. Just snapped mine. I'm going to try to replace it myself, since the antennae motor is fine, and I don't need to piddle with the fender
Peice of hail broke my antenna thanks bro you guys saved my whole weekend
Nice!! Glad I could help. Not so nice on the hail!
Bro you just saved me a ton of time ! The car wash ate my antenna too.
Glad I could help! It ate my new one too but i was able to bend it back :)
I'm here for the same reason. It's shiny now though lol
I bought my car with a faulty antenna. I have repairs ahead. Thanks for your helpful videos. Greetings from Russia
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Cool! Greetings!
The fall out video was gold lol! Love your channel. I just acquired a 97 limited 2wd auto with 230K and it runs so smooth. Has the typical rear drum bearing seal leak, so I got all new Toyota parts to do that job. And I could hear my antenna trying to work but won’t extend so this is perfect!
Welcome lol
My dumb ass left the radio on when I went through car wash today and bent antenna mast🤬! Ugh. Now I need to replace it. Thanks for your video!
Been there done that twice lol
Thanks man I just fixed my antena I just bought the antena and now it's working
Nice
Perfect Video! I took a shot that mine was ejected in a similar fashion, and might not need "cleanup". 5 minutes later installed and tested ok. $14.34 on rockauto, and I am rockin'. Thanks!
Sweet
I came to say thanks. Finally bought a 3rd gen. Your videos were my #1 source of info. Mine was by no means a steal, paid $4,000 for it, but I think it will be worth every penny. I expect I'll be watching your channel for many more hours to come.
$4000 is a steal these days!
You ripped that guy off!
@@owendeliebs1894 Two years, 50K miles later and running flawlessly, so I'm starting to think I did rip him off! lol.
Lmao
@@plutosforest
Only 2 years and 50k miles? Make sure you're taking care of it those are some pretty high miles
Thank YOU!!
No problem!!! Got tired of that motor working hard huh!!!
Thank you! And thanks for going through the cleaning of the motor. When mine came out, the entire white gear interface cable was left inside the motor housing. Very helpful!!
No problem!!
Let us know!
Thanks to the video it helped me so much thanks
Glad I could help!
I almost never listen to terrestrial radio anymore, but whenever my head unit is turned on it raises the power antenna.
I'm going to repurpose an extra liftgate window switch to raise and lower the power antenna only when I want it. This was a standard feature in most late-model Land Cruisers, but Toyota never carried it over to the Hilux/4Runner platform. .
Smart idea.
I went off road few months ago and was playing the radio and went too close to some bushes and broke mine. I bought an aftermarket one from amazon and it’s not working too well. I have a lot of play like when the antenna is all the way out. I’m going to check the link for the one you got and see if it’s the same one or either. Thanks for your video man.
Get the oem one. It is solid!!
Great video. Very informative. Great videography
Not antenna question. Asking what is good source for factory replacement stereo head unit, 3rd gen? Also, what is reliable easy install alternative to factory?
Try salvage yards or online salvage yards that will ship. Car-parts.com perhaps
Any single or double din with the wiring harness will be easy.
I took out everything and cleansed it and motor is working but it’s not catchi mg the new antenna I’m pushing it in there....
:( I’m not too share.. does the motor still have teeth to grab? Are you feeding it the right way? Make sure the radio is turning off when you feed it
What a guide! Thank you friend
Anytime!!
Awesome, I'm going to try this out on my 97, I absolutely hate the noise it makes now haha. I hadn't noticed the first times it didn't go down because it was so dark and I heard the motor run, but I've noticed a bit of a quality drop in my music lately and it's probably due to this. I'm not great at this kind of thing but I'm hoping I'll be able to make it work!
For sure it’s that!
Very cool. Didn't know that was the fix. I was gonna replace the whole thing for the taco whip mod, but I'll do this instead.
Cool! Yes not too bad of a repair. The fender liner is the worse part lol
Great job. Thank you!
No prob!!!
My antenna motor is broken (or at least it is incredibly loud and whines for a long time), but my antenna doesn't rise anymore; however, can I just remove that antenna motor and still have the radio work?
Yeah it should be fine. If you don’t listen to the radio, then the motor isn’t needed. I would just unplug the power connector to it.
Note if your 4Runner has finder flares you have to take them off first. Also mine was just going up a little and not coming along the way down. Fixed it by taking out the antenna spraying a crap tom of wd40 in the hole and then put it back in the way he shows in the video.
Thanks for the tip
Great video! My antenna on my 2002 4runner won't go up every time I turn on the radio but I can hear the motor running for a few seconds so I'm guessing now watching your video that the threats on the end of the antenna are broken?
Time to do this repair! The teeth are likely gone
Excellent video! Easy to follow, all the information needed. Thank you for posting. Thumbs up and subscribed.
Welcome! Thanks!
thanks, perfect
You are welcome!!
Cannot find that quick release white connector on my 2004 Sequoia, but this is the closest that I could find!
Cool!
Great content as always
Thanks!
make a video on nonfunctional sunroof to functional
Hmm when mine breaks I will make a video!
When my sunroof stopped working I sprayed a ton of WD40 down inside the rails and voila’ it began working. The WD40 penetrated all that grease in there. BTW nice vid as always Pho!
@@richardgonzales9833 I recently fixed mine too. Took off the glass and cleaned up the rails real good. Found out previous owner dropped a screw in the track which prevented the glass to slide. Now it's fully functioning.
Where can i buy your front bumper?
Check out my walkaround video. I have a link in there!
Good too the point video man! Thanks. On a side note, where did u get those fender flares. They are a slick look.
Just stock sr5 flares!! Haha
Haha...never knew the skinny ones were factory...good to know!
I'm thinking about disconnecting mine not functioning properly thinking it might be draining my battery when not in use. Old owner put in after market radio not sure if thats the issue I hear the motor making noise but no movement of the antenna.
your mast is probably gone. that's what happen to mine originally too.
@@PhoRunner mast is there but not moving i think its broken inside.
Hello Friend! I'm just getting around to fixing mine. We just traded my junk 2013 Silverado and got my wife a 2019 4 runner (so at peace with this decision!). Now, I'm driving her 2002 4runner Limited. ANNNDDD Now, I'm addressing all of the issues she's wanted me to fix for years (sometimes a man just needs time, you know...), plus some more capable mods...practical things...you know...pretty much all of your earlier videos
I'd appreciate your thoughts on this inquiry...I've replaced this crap antenna once, but didn't know to get the old pieces out of the motor at the time. So, for about 10 years it has sounded like hell when you start it or when you cut it off, because the gear would grind on the end lengths of the "gear whip" for about 2 minutes, hahahah...I was thinking that I would like to do away with the motorized antenna and just use a fixed one. However, I don't want to go through the trouble of routing a new antenna wire. Do you think that you could screw one on to the threads at the top of the motor? Even disconnect the motor driving if you wish...Seems to me the conductivity should be better than the gear whip...I'm thinking of trying, even if I have to use gas/water fittings to step down to the size. What do you think?
hmmm not sure lol. Try it and let us know! Or just take the motor out and clean it then replace the mast! I'm sure it'll still work!
Do you have to grease the inside lining of the plastic wheel (where the white antenna cable coils) inside the motor assembly? If so, what type of lubricant can you use? You didn’t show this but wondering if it’s a good idea.
I didn’t. I’m not sure tbh
I have the OEM replacement atennna. When I cut off the radio is trying to grab the treads but it’s spinning trying to grab the new one. Does it matter which way the teeth are facing as it’s going in? Wondering go if that’s the problem. Thanks
Yes it matters what way the teeth are facing. My video should have mentioned it. Make sure to clean out the motor housing too!
What roof rack is that in the thumbnail?
Rola rack with extension. I got another video on it and how I mounted it.
What’s your front bumper in the thumbnail?
Arb from 1st gen Tacoma
So you have a power ratchet wrench (sweet!) but then didn't use a regular power drill for the phillips screws?! (Lol)
Nice, helpful video though! 👍🏼
Lol I do have an m12 drill but it’s a bit bulky with the tire in the way
Makes sense, but it looked funny on the motor assembly you had disconnected and free of the vehicle. 🙂
Got the OEM parts and I'm about to try my antenna replacement this weekend. 🤞🏼
Yeah those Phillips head strip all to often lol. My oh shit handle is stripped lol
Is your roof basket the load warrior?
Rola vertex rack
PhoRunner Channel what size?
Only one size. With extension
PhoRunner Channel what lift?
PhoRunner Channel also what’s the width of the rack?
can you tell me where I can buy the plastic cable for 4runner antenna
Check my video description but Amazon or dealerships
SO THERE ARE 2 GEAR CAVKES ONE IN THE BOTTOM AND ONE THATA ATTACHED TO THE ANTENNA?
The gear is inside the motor and meshes with the antenna mast.
Can you tell me the make of your front bumper thanks
Arb bumper from a 1st gen tacoma
Problem: Do you know why my antenna motor is still trying to push the antenna up farther when it has reached max extension? Antenna motor is running after full extension of antenna.... and gears are grinding.
Hmm is it too short? I think the motor only goes out enough and assumes the teeth are certain length. If it got trimmed, it may go past
My motor & everything still works, can I easily just replace the mast? I'm not great at DIY
Or since I don't really listen to radio what's the best way to take it out?
Yup you can. Just pull it out like in my video
Any tips for getting it to go all the way back up again? That’s the issue I’m having with mine, so I don’t want to replace it with a new one to have the same issue
It’s likely bent. It probably won’t go all the way up anymore haha.
@@PhoRunner you got that right. Just tried to bend it back at Home Depot and it wouldn’t go down all the way which wasn’t happening before 😂 bent it again and it went down I’m not messing with it again til I’m ready to exchange it! Lol. Thanks for the info brotha
If the radio works, leave it hahaha. Mine goes up like 75% because the car wash bent it… lol oops
Mine don't come up just bought it help please
How do I know if it’s the motor broken or the antenna
You can hear the motor when the radio is on or off since it’ll still cycle
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME! IT CAME RIGHT OUT! I TRIED TO PUT IT 🔙 IN AND IT WON'T GO DOWN.... EEK ANY SUGGESTED IDEAS?
most likely the mast is gone. I show how to fix it in the video.
@@PhoRunner Hi PHO bro! Wanna hear a funny?? I started my car and TRIED the radio and the THING WENT DOWN!!! AAAHAA!! AND COMES UP!!! I just got my NEW MAST delivered today, too, so, I have a spare! Guess that means I put it back in the RIGHT WAY!! 😄
Lol just return the new one! Glad things worked out!
CHECK THIS OUT!!! 👋 I TRIED IT AND IT WORKS FINE!! WTF!!? (alaChristine!)
Hey there My PHO BRO👋, NOW, here's ANOTHER trippy THING!!! And THIS SHIT REALLY HAPPENED yesterday, I go to start it, doesn't start, get bells, lights, etc. blah blah,, heard THAT before, and THOUGHT IT was the starter relay, so I put in a new one.. THIS TIME, the engine turns OVER AND makes a like BIG NOISE, while I drive it to the hospital, it starts a little WHINE AND THEN THAT stops, then... (suspense builds...)-we are at the hospital they are closed for the holidays, so I pull in, and want to look under the hood, see if there's anything I, as a GIRL, can visualize, hah, THEN IT WON'T TURN OFF!!! WWWHHAAATTTT TFFFFF??? I have the KEYS IN MY HAND AND THE HOOD IS UP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WANTS TO START OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER... Get back in.. what HARM could it DO to try and start it MYSELF, and then,.... smoooooth like ServePro, like it never even HAPPENED... Ghost in the Machine 🤔
What's the part number please.Thanks
Check my video description
I don't even know how to look up what I need please help
What do you do if the geared teeth won’t come out? I followed step by step and it’s stuck
Did you take apart the motor to clean out the old plastic? Sounds like your motor isn’t moving either?
@@PhoRunner I got it, I called my dad and he told me to turn the radio on and off and it worked lol
@@PhoRunner thank you for the video btw!
Lol dads are awesome
I got a new radio and the antenna wont go down unless I turn off my Frogrunner (2000). Antenna broke in a stupid car wash and I am going to try following your video by feeding in a new one..any tips on why the antenna only goes down when the vehicle is off?
Someone wired your radio wrong most likely. Is it aftermarket?
I have the same problem. I just got a new radio and wired it myself so that’s probably the issue. Have you tried fixing it to see where you/the person who wired your radio went wrong?
Yup, most likely the blue wire was not connected properly
Thanks for replying! I’ll check it out
Best Buy installed the aftermarket Radio so they probably wired it wrong. Thanks for then info.
A "mechanic" told me that they would have to take off the fender to fix it! Ugh Thank you!
I got you!!! Lol
What is am oem
My antenna won’t feed the new one, it stops mid way any idea what it could be?
Did you clear out the jam/old plastic that may be stuck in there?
@@PhoRunner funny you say that because when I pulled the old one there was nothing just the antenna itself. Motor works as far as hearing it, not sure about the gears inside
The old teeth get stuck in there and gotta be cleaned out
@@PhoRunner okay right on, and for that requires me to take out the whole motor unit ?
I'm not a fan of the power antenna. Other than going up and down? It looks cool but useless. Also, it goes Way up...Looks silly. JMO but I have to replace mine...Going w a whip.
You also have antennae in the rear windows...
I Think the whip looks cooler
@@PhoRunner I ordered a replacement. I went full Japan from Japan. I have the replacement mass too from Rock Auto...I'm sure I took the power Antenna motor out and trashed it. It worked though. Buying parts and guessing gets tiresome. This will no doubt fit right but the mast? I want a whip in there.
You'd think after 30+ years (My 1988 Land Cruiser has this same style power antenna with plastic support up the mast, that has been replaced multiple times and finally a few years ago by a Firestick mount) there would be a longer lasting, more reliable type of power antenna. I absolutely detest this design, and the fact that they're never easy to get to in any vehicle is enraging. If something is notoriously unreliable and short lived, it should at least be integrated in a way that would allow easy replacement.
Lol yeah. I bent mine shortly after repairing it in the car wash
Or,just turn radio on to get antenna up,leave it up pull antenna as far out as you can,vise grip it,cut it off ,feed new antenna w teeth forward, turn radio off, your done
Dont have to do all that,pull it up ,cut it,feed new back in as antenna is trying to lower,save a few hours
I have 4 runner
Nice
I have Toyota Hilux Surf 185))
Mine had that white coming out so I cut it. I did not know that it was important. Oops. Now I pull it out by hand. And push it in by hand. The motor works I can hear it do its thing. Thanks for the video maybe I will fix it. So I did not give back the 4runner to my sister I have her a camry instead. She needs to save money on gas. Thank I love your vids.
I hate my antenna so i just pull it right out and cap it back on since i don’t even listen to radio anyways, i just stick with my BT. Lol if i knew I would’ve just give you mine lol
haha. i did ask on local group. All good. $9
What camera did you use to film this? It looks pretty clean
Sony a6000 I believe
Nice tutorial bro! What year is your 4Runner btw?
1999 sr5 v6
4th gen - no antenna gang - rise up
Lol
Great video!! Needed this info!!
Any time
Nice intro footage! Just to confirm, your 4Runner 4x4 or 2x4?
4x4 yes
Mine is always up and doesn't go down
I guess that’s better than always down lol
Thank you. Seems simple enough.
Yeah not bad
good video, I am very frustrated, as after researching this problem, i thought it would be an easy fix. I could hear the motor going up and down, but the antennae did not move. So it seemed so easy. So far things have been going fairly well with my (third) 4Runner, a 1998 Limited that i just bought and had shipped from Cali to New Hampshire. (such a great decision! The underside and the frame, every bit of it is just immaculate! Like, it had dust! Just amazing!)
Unfortunately, this job ended up being a B*itch! The top nut was frozen, that took forever, got it off, but underneath it was a mess for some reason. Never would the old antennae come out! It would go up and down, but never come out! Pull, twist, pull harder, nothing. Just would not come out. After watching your vid, i went underneath and took a look, thought i could pull it and take out the antennae, replace and move fwd. NO such luck! I even took the motor apart, could not remove the antennae for love or money, even with 2 pairs of vise-grips. Its like it was hit by lightening and just froze inside. It would twist and spin, but not come out!
Now I have the crappiest job: buy a whole power assembly, remove the radio, snake the wire out and install the whole thing all over again! Stupid, as the antennae was THERE, and it was UP, and it worked! It just did not zing up and down and I'm OCD about have everything work perfectly!
Oh well. if only it dropped in like all the others.
Try a salvage yard and get an assembly there. It might work great.
Cali trucks are definitely easier to work on. Sorry for the pain!
WHAT SIZE WHEELS AND TIRES YOU HAVE
285/75/17 km3 on trd pro 17”
Nice!
Thanks
Excellent video. Full of information, and not just covering your particular scenario, but covering several issues people my have with their antenna.
My dumbarse left it up in a carwash and it bent the mast over. It's my wife's 4Runner, so I've been in the doghouse until getting it fixed.
Been there lol
excellent work i just bought my 3rd gen 4runner and and the damn power antenna was never attached correctly ... you saved the day my man
Nice man!
Thanks a lot, my man! Just bought my 99 4Runner, took it through the carwash.... bought the replacement from Amazon and you saved the day. Thanks for the clear instructions, all fixed up here!
Awesome man haha. Yeah that car wash got me lol
@@PhoRunner Me too.
Sweet this explains everything I need to know for the new antenna
Np! Don’t lose the nut when taking the motor apart
Wow dude, from a 4runner owner you really cover every bit of info and make it fun. Thanks.
Glad you liked it! No problem! Sometimes I talk to much so I have to cut some out lol!
@@PhoRunner That's where you're wrong...Talk all you want and we ca FF if needed.
Hi, sorry about my English language I'm from libya..
Love your channel.. I have 4runner 2000.. I have question about ball joint failure, it's big problem for me because when I go off road I keep thinking about it 😅. Do you have solutions for it?
No solution other than getting new ones if you have no idea when it was last done!
Or solid axle swap ;)
Which way do the threads go when you reinstall it?
Righty tighty !
MINE WON'T GO DOWN!!
Oh no! Sounds like you might need a new motor!
@@PhoRunner it's STILL TICKIN'!! NOW I CAN'T GET THE OLD ONE OUT! I STUPIDLY STUCK IT RIGHT BACK IN, AND IT FED THRU, ETC BUT THE VERY TIPP TOP OF THE TELLY SCOPE THING IS STUCK!! WTF!!? IM NOT WEARING MY 🕶️FLASSED SO I WILL HAVE MISYTWKE;
Apriaprism!! 😀
Priaprism fixed!!
what is that miluake tool you're always using? Like an angle impact driver or something? Do you still like it and is it worth picking one up?
It’s my favorite tool. M12 ratchet
Thanks man