well, i've always read how antenna motors have been going bad on 4Runners and i figured it was just a matter of time until mine went out. Well, it did.

My antenna is stuck up right now but I can lower it by pushing it down. The antenna motor still thinks it is raising and lowering the antenna but it isn't.

Here are my questions:

is it worth it to buy/repair mine?
is there a fuse that controls ONLY the antenna motor?
is there a better antenna to use that i could possibly put on my roof that is much smaller. Something like a car mountable cell phone antenna

if the motor is still working, then the most likely fix is a replacement mast which includes a new plastic track which is probably the piece that broke.

you need to take the antenna motor out and apart and pull out the old busted track, then feed the new one in.

the hardest part for me was getting the inner plastic fender open so I could get to the antenna assembly.

here's a link of a cheaper than the dealer source.

http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showf...mp;amp;sb=5&o=93&fpart=1

I was looking through the mechanics manual for my 4runner and i saw in there that the passenger side window in the trunk area has an antenna in the window. has anyone ever used that or is it even hooked up?

the rear window antenna is in addition to the mast.

it is called an FM diversity antenna.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-08,GGLD:en&q=toyota+FM+diversity+antenna