sat radio antenna

Powelligator wrote:
(Original post edited with more pictures and a better description.)

This is a simple modification for the late-model Ford Super Duty.

1. Antenna DC3Z-10E893-A $31.00
2. Cable BC3Z-19A397-A $49.00

Result: Works great when the truck is pointed in any direction.

Procedure: Disconnect factory Sirius/GPS antenna cable under the driver's side dash, about where the clutch pedal would be if these trucks were so equipped. Cool thing about this is that you DO NOT need to access the back of the factory 8" touch screen head unit, there is a convenient connector right where you need it. In the photo below the connector is the yellow plastic thing with an RF connector inside.

Connect up the new cable that you got in the parts list above, and run it through a hole in the firewall into the engine compartment. There's easy ways to do this as the factory gives us a grommetted wire harness right adjacent to the Sirius/GPS connector, that's visible in the bottom of the picture above.

Under the hood, run the cable up under the plastic shroud where the windshield wipers park. Drill a couple holes through the shroud (using the GPS antenna as a guide) and connect up the two cables. Optional: Add split loom tubing for additional wire protection, and you can re-use the factory plastic mounts that come with the cable.


Enjoy your Sirius radio with the camper on the truck as you head on down the road for more adventures! Good Luck!

Joe

Joe, did this allow the GPS to function as well? We are headed thru Canada to alaska for the summer. I don't mind going without the radio but I'd really like the GPS to function and right now its spotty with the TC on.

thanks,

I have a Chevy truck and it doesn't work very good, keeps cutting out. I ended up cancelling the service.

Paul

650cent wrote:

Powelligator wrote:
This is a simple modification for the late-model Ford Super Duty.

1. Antenna DC3Z-10E893-A $31.00
2. Cable BC3Z-19A397-A $49.00

Result: Works great when the truck is pointed in any direction.



I'll be happy to post photos of the cable run under the hood if you'd like, but it's pretty easy.




Good Luck!

Joe

Perfect, post some more pictures would be great. How hard was it to plug into the nav. unit? This exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks

Bill

You don't need to plug anything else in. When you plug in under the drivers side of the dash you get both the Sirius and GPS from this one location. Excellent post with pictures. There are not many more pictures he could add. It really is that simple. This is the way I did mine on my 2011 also except I didn't take any pictures of the install.

Bouncing this topic back up as I added an edit to my original post above describing the procedure to fix this annoying oversight by the Ford Motor Company. :)

Enjoy, and if anybody trying this modification has any questions - feel free to ask, it's really quite simple.

-Joe

Powelligator wrote:
This is a simple modification for the late-model Ford Super Duty.

1. Antenna DC3Z-10E893-A $31.00
2. Cable BC3Z-19A397-A $49.00

Result: Works great when the truck is pointed in any direction.



I'll be happy to post photos of the cable run under the hood if you'd like, but it's pretty easy.




Good Luck!

Joe

Perfect, post some more pictures would be great. How hard was it to plug into the nav. unit? This exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks

Bill

(Original post edited with more pictures and a better description.)

This is a simple modification for the late-model Ford Super Duty.

1. Antenna DC3Z-10E893-A $31.00
2. Cable BC3Z-19A397-A $49.00

Result: Works great when the truck is pointed in any direction.

Procedure: Disconnect factory Sirius/GPS antenna cable under the driver's side dash, about where the clutch pedal would be if these trucks were so equipped. Cool thing about this is that you DO NOT need to access the back of the factory 8" touch screen head unit, there is a convenient connector right where you need it. In the photo below the connector is the yellow plastic thing with an RF connector inside.



Connect up the new cable that you got in the parts list above, and run it through a hole in the firewall into the engine compartment. There's easy ways to do this as the factory gives us a grommetted wire harness right adjacent to the Sirius/GPS connector, that's visible in the bottom of the picture above.

Under the hood, run the cable up under the plastic shroud where the windshield wipers park. Drill a couple holes through the shroud (using the GPS antenna as a guide) and connect up the two cables. Optional: Add split loom tubing for additional wire protection, and you can re-use the factory plastic mounts that come with the cable.





Enjoy your Sirius radio with the camper on the truck as you head on down the road for more adventures! Good Luck!

Joe

Does anyone have any part numbers or where to buy Sirius antenna for a Dodge?
Thanks.

When I had my Ford I also got another antenna from the dealer and installed it. If you have the nav in your truck and want it to work when you change antennas you need to get the Ford one as the Sirius and the nav system antennas are in the same puck. I installed mine in the same place as skyhammer did on his. It is not a hard installation and on the Ford the connector for the antenna is on the drivers side right above the parking brake.

I have a Dodge now and I'm going to have to add another one to it also because of the same thing. The GPS works fine but the Sirius doesn't and well cut out when I'm heading to the NE. In all the other positions it seems to work pretty well but I hate it when it cuts out. I like to listen to classis radio with all of the old time radio programs.

I have the factory XM antennae on the roof and it works fine with our Bigfoot camper loaded. I don't know if it makes a difference because the camper is fiberglass. It has worked fine from California and Canada to Oklahoma.

On the Fords, if you have the navigation then a standard Sirius antenna will not allow the navigation to work. I put one in the same place at the base of the windshield and it worked great.