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No worries. Its a common problem and with a solid ground on the head unit as well as the antenna you shouldn't have any issues. Another mistake is having too much cable. It should he a straight shot from the head unit to the antenna with no coils of excess wire. The coils or bound wire acts as a mag pickup for interference.

Donor truck and our 92 Pathy.

The second gen r50 had one, theres a local around here that I see every few weeks with it. It's a little different though, the tubing for the 2nd gen isn't black or round, It's more of a rounded rectangle tubing, and I've only seen it in grey. Also, if I recall correctly, the 2nd gen carrier doesn't have a rounded end on the driver side, rather it's cut flat (don't quote me but for some reason I think I remember that) I think the 2nd gen doesn't have the same latch lever as the 1st (also don't quote me, but when I opened one up a year or so back I think I remember it being a little different)

It's still available from their site: https://view.publitas.com/arb-4x4-accessories-1/old-man-emu-international-application-catalogue-edition-36/page/1

They're definitely not fun to compress. I've done it twice with rental compressors, and dread the thought of doing it again.

@TowndawgR50, that's some really useful information, thanks! I've always had my CB setups running either through an adapter plugged into a cig lighter or tapped into the wiring behind it. I'm definitely going to be running dedicated wires for this when the weather warms up in a few months. Didn't realize the interference was from some shared circuitry, I had windshield wiper interference real bad on the QX4; not so much with my 4Runner now, but still some.