Today I stripped out the trunk lining, so as to get a good visual on the rear A/C system. This was only because I found some particularly suspect wiring in the rear fusebox (a.k.a. 'Luggage Room J/B') and fuse 3 (for rear A/C amongst other things including the trunk light) having been replaced. (I also discovered that the trunk light times out after a while - possibly causing someone to think that the fuse had blown.)
Luckily I've not found any more horrors - although the lining has been out before, as it's a bit mis-shapen in places and several clips are missing/broken.
I'm still none the wiser as to what this co-ax cable is, which has been cut near the fusebox and goes precisely nowhere. There were also remnants of duck tape on the side of the trunk, where I'm guessing [whatever it was] was situated. (This is defo not an original cable, right?)
Coax cable will have been for an antenna, probably for a built in car-phone, or could have been for a whip antenna for Ham or CB radio.
I assume it is 50 ohm coax. What is the printing on the side of it?
Thanks BB,
It doesn't look original, that's for sure.
No obvious remnants of any 3rd-party antenna anywhere, however. (Surely the cable from the stubby one on the roof would run down the C-pillar?)
Nav works just fine. (And I presume the FM radio antenna is in the print on the rear window?)
Anyway, I can't take a closer look at it today as the car's at you-know-where getting its A/C looked at. (I have already determined that the compressor clutch is not getting a feed when it should; also that the A/C relay is deleted in this verson; the clutch being fed directly - presumably from an open-collector output. All fuses are intact, too.)
Best,
R
Hi R,
Could have been a boot lip mount or even a magnetic mount antenna.
The antenna on the roof was for the now defunct Lexus Link system.
AM/FM antenna is indeed printed onto the rear window.
Let me know how you get on with the aircon at W as mine will be going there for the same issue soon.
Cheers,
G
