I want to lengthen the antenna cable of the remote start system on a Ford Explorer police car so I can put the antenna up in the headliner because the current range sucks. This model never came with remote start so I had to program it in with Forscan and use an F150 antenna but the cable is way too short.
The idea is to buy a longer piece of RG174 coax cable and add the factory connectors on both ends like the antenna cable has now. Actually just need the terminals as the connector body removes easily from the cable. After some research online I know the connector is made by Sumitomo and after some more research I find the two part numbers for the connector which is in 2 pieces. And no, you can't buy them from Ford.
Googling those numbers, 8100-2802 and 8100-4219 gets few results and nothing about where there might be available from the normal electronics suppliers, Mouser, Newark, Digi-Key, Allied, Arrow, etc. So I try to contact Sumitomo USA. Good luck getting a human there.
Not sure how these companies can stay in business if nobody can contact them. Anyway, gave up on that idea and decided I would just lengthen the current cable by adding more conventional coax connectors at both ends. i.e. using 6 inches of both ends of the factory cable and connectors, and add in longer cable. Not the cleanest way to do things with the extra connections but it is what it is.
The idea is to buy a longer piece of RG174 coax cable and add the factory connectors on both ends like the antenna cable has now. Actually just need the terminals as the connector body removes easily from the cable. After some research online I know the connector is made by Sumitomo and after some more research I find the two part numbers for the connector which is in 2 pieces. And no, you can't buy them from Ford.
Googling those numbers, 8100-2802 and 8100-4219 gets few results and nothing about where there might be available from the normal electronics suppliers, Mouser, Newark, Digi-Key, Allied, Arrow, etc. So I try to contact Sumitomo USA. Good luck getting a human there.
Not sure how these companies can stay in business if nobody can contact them. Anyway, gave up on that idea and decided I would just lengthen the current cable by adding more conventional coax connectors at both ends. i.e. using 6 inches of both ends of the factory cable and connectors, and add in longer cable. Not the cleanest way to do things with the extra connections but it is what it is.