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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610   
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Warren,
I am sat in my office and this is just a guess, someone may correct me if I'm off track..... Me personally I reckon the best way of attacking and replacing the aerial would be to remove the blank off of your right hand wingtop to get access to the underside of it. (7 cross-head screws) It should then just be a matter of undoing the old aerial and a one for one swap out following the routing of the original coaxial cable. The radio will have to be extracted (I popped along to my local dealership and got them to unlock mine when I needed it out! Just push fit back when finished.) Obviously under dash access panels may have to be undone as required for access to aid installation. Maybe have a few tywraps to tidy up any loose ends. Hope this helps.  If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
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23rd Mar 2010 2:16pm |
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| warren Member Since: 14 Oct 2009 Location: East Lancs. Posts: 903  
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Cheers K9! Much appreciated!
I'll give it a bash this weekend if the weather is fine W |
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23rd Mar 2010 6:55pm |
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| MuddyMarky Member Since: 01 Feb 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 548 
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The radio is a piece of cake to remove....just need a couple of small screwdrivers or allen keys, that fit into the 2 holes at either end of the radio itself. Push them into these holes, 1 end at a time (or both, if you have enough tools), then gently push them both outwards, but at same time, pulling. Keep repeating this at either end in turn, gently pulling until you can get a grip on the radio body to slide it out fully.
Failing that, nip to Halfords and buy a pair of radio removal tools, which does make life a little easier.... like these: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/...yId_165626 HTH  Mark
2011 110 XS DC Stornoway Grey |
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23rd Mar 2010 7:43pm |
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| warren Member Since: 14 Oct 2009 Location: East Lancs. Posts: 903
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Aha!!
Think I have a couple of those lying around from when I took the stereo out of my old Astra. I'll have a rummage and find them again. Ta |
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23rd Mar 2010 10:04pm |
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| RED-DOT Member Since: 29 Jun 2009 Location: stirling Posts: 2363 
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Cut the coaxial at the base of your old ariel and attatch a metre length of string to the cut end and cover in insulating tape so it doesn't snag. Pull it until it appears at the radio then attach new coaxial cable the same way with insulating tape and pull until it appears at the radio end. This saves stripping the dash out.... HTH? 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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23rd Mar 2010 10:38pm |
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| alantd Member Since: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 1513 
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Good tip! That would certainly save a lot of bu**ering about One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS
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23rd Mar 2010 11:02pm |
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| RED-DOT Member Since: 29 Jun 2009 Location: stirling Posts: 2363
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Took 15 minutes on my old TD5 and a dash out job takes 2 hours minimum and i would go for a better ariel than the rubbish L/R one... possibly a "rubber duck" or a removeable and unbreakable one. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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23rd Mar 2010 11:08pm |
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| chopdogs Member Since: 10 Mar 2010 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 108
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Hi - this may help
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic3984.html?highlight=aerial Worked a treat for me. I used some long nosed pliers to turn the top circular piece of the aerial to get it off, cut the cable, attached the female connector, plugged in the new aerial and used the pliers to tighten it all back up onto the wing. Took about 10 minutes. I got the female connector off ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...0470455608 Hope that this helps |
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23rd Mar 2011 9:52am |
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