standby power comes off an ancillary wire near the (L) pocket
By ancillary, I think you mean a switched power wire. Not a good place to take a power feed, as its near the coil so can pick up ignition noise.
The antenna down the back is good, but I certainly hope its a shielded coax feed, or it will pick up ant electrical noise going.
Too bad that I am 4000Ks away, or I could take a look and advise you, remote fault finding is dificult.