Nav problem. help!

[ASU_Magnum]

Ok so I havent had very good radio reception for awhile. I didnt care to much because I listend to sirius a lot.

Well i tried to figure out what was up today and I found out that there is a Pin inside the radio antenna connector socket(on the radio) that had gotten smashed down to the bottom of the socket. Well I tried to pull it back up with needle nose pliers and the pin ended up breaking off. I was so gentle 2 lol. Well anyways, wtf do I do now? Anyone know of a replacement or any idea how much it would cost to have fixed?

[thewagon]

the only letters that come to mind is SOL.

I would expect any reputable radio repair shop could replace that socket...hell, if you're GENTLE, you could do it also.

[Calabahn]

Was it the pin on the cable that looks like this? If so you should be able to find a connector to fix it on this site. http://www.installer.com/antenna/

[ASU_Magnum]

no the pin is, err was, actually inside the socket on the radio unit itself. the antenna cable has a hole in it for that pin to slide into.

[Calabahn]

How far in is the pin? Anyway you can pull it out with a with a pair of needle nose pliers? Worse case scenario, drill it out parially and grab on to the drill and yank like a mother..

Can you post any pics?

[Super T]

I'm going to unfortunately venture a guess that dodge will just sell you another radio :-( Hope some electronics cowboy can pull through for you though!!

[ASU_Magnum]

no the pin was smashed in. kind of imagine one of ur pins getting smashed on ur old parallel ports on the computer. when i tried to straighten it, it broke off