[chrisl757]

96 XJ.

I bought it used. The stock radio was never able to pick up fm or am reception unless it was a few miles away from a major antenna. The tape deck was inoperable.

I checked to see if the antenna was plugged in, and it was...still no radio reception.

today I went and bought a new stereo for it. I got all the way through the harness, and adaptor kits, plugged it in, and the radio works as long as I don't insert the stereo into the dash slot. Once I start to push the stereo into the mount---the reception fades immediately.

I tried a few more times to reposition this, and I saw a large spark come from the antenna plug to the stereo. The ground was wired, or so I thought. the fuses never blew.

Any ideas on what to check here to get the radio reception working? I have a fluke multimeter, but am lost on this and would love to have some music back.

any ideas welcome. please help.