Ok, not the engine, the circuit board, more or less. I was trying to install some underglow on my civic but I think I shorted from one of the batteries to the antenna, heard a crackling sound (like frying something) and white smoke (like a blown engine!) coming out of the electronics. I tested it, everything works fine except for the less than half-an-inch range (I DID short the antenna). I opened it up and the only suspicious thing I found wrong was that one of the surface-mount capacitors was sightly lighter in the middle (like when you bend clear plastic, it turns white). I was wondering If I should try to replace the cap or get a new circuit board, or even a new xmod
Does radioshack sell xmod circuit boards?