Auto antenna broke at the carwash

[robucop]

Ok, i know, I'm a dumb@ss....i forgot o tun off the radio at the carwash and it broke off

So i got a new one (some unknown brand but apart from it not being a "hirshmann" it looked exactly the same..go figure).
Problem was i couldn't get the new one to work, it seemed like the motor wasn't doing anything.

I don't remember if i read it here or on the Rennlist but i followed the procedure of swapping the aerial from the new one to the old and I'm glad to say, It worked !!

I also found a procedure to fix the rear hatch latch (kept popping open while driving) so i loosened the the male part of the latch (on the hatch) and inserted a couple of washers under the rear part of the plate, that changed the angle enough so it grips better.

I love these forums (both pelican and rennlist) they have saved me a lot of money in parts and repairs so far (yep, I'm dutch)

Thanks a lot guy's..

[MPDano]

Excellent! Gonna guarantee that you awesome helps from users came from "this" Forum

[tychain99]

my antenna has a small curl to it, sometimes it is slow going up so i've tried straightening it by hand but its not quite perfect.

just the other day i was looking to try and find a small, non retracting antenna to swap it with. just like a black rubber, low profile one. I didnt have much luck, but i thought it would be a good swap, looks and function wise

[robucop]

Originally Posted by tychain99

my antenna has a small curl to it, sometimes it is slow going up so i've tried straightening it by hand but its not quite perfect.

just the other day i was looking to try and find a small, non retracting antenna to swap it with. just like a black rubber, low profile one. I didnt have much luck, but i thought it would be a good swap, looks and function wise

I thought about doing that too (would have looked good too) but since i found a new powered one fairly cheap and the swapping of the actual aerial seemed quite straightforward i decided to keep it original (more or less).

[tychain99]

did you have any idea what car to take the antenna off of? i wanted to look, but wasn't sure what kind to put on.

[robucop]

Originally Posted by tychain99

did you have any idea what car to take the antenna off of? i wanted to look, but wasn't sure what kind to put on.

I was looking at universal fm antenna's at a local car shop and if i was going too buy one i would have gone with the shortest thick, black (rubber?) antenna (about 25cm long, 1.5cm at the base tapered to .5cm at the top).

[tychain99]

That sounds good, but you would need one that mounts at a side angle, not front to back taper if you know what i mean. I saw one today on a prius that looked like something i would want, but I need to find one that will mount correctly, and cover the existing hole

[Pete R]

I replaced mine with this. Works great, flexible and cheap. It was like $15 at some pepautomegaworld place. They had like 10 universal ones to choose from. The base has a rotatable bottom that allows it to be mounted almost any angle.

[MPDano]

On my Euro, I bondo'd the hole up and put a Shark Fin Satellite Antenna on the Center Hatch. On the "S," I went to a Stock Hirschman but in Black.





I like Pete's choice too.

[Pete R]

I actually wanted one up on the hatch like that, but then ran out of ambition to fish the wire to where it need to be from up there.. and $15 sealed the deal

[MPDano]

Originally Posted by Pete R

I actually wanted one up on the hatch like that, but then ran out of ambition to fish the wire to where it need to be from up there.. and $15 sealed the deal

Come to think of it. It was a serious Pain in the A$# to get the wiring up there.

[robucop]

Originally Posted by Pete R

I replaced mine with this. Works great, flexible and cheap. It was like $15 at some pepautomegaworld place. They had like 10 universal ones to choose from. The base has a rotatable bottom that allows it to be mounted almost any angle.

That looks like the one i was looking at, that does look pretty good.