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From: San Pedro CA
You know something...
... working on the electric antenna on these things is a first class BITCH.
It took me the best part of 3 hours to remove the antenna (most of it) disassemble and remove the broken piece of nylon cable, reinstall, put the new mast in and test... all of this to discover that the internal clutch will raise the mast, but won't lower it... as I said... bitch. And you will need a 2nd person...
All said and done, I have to now remove and totally replace the antenna. That will be so not fun.
Oh, and stuck O2 sensors suck, too.
It took me the best part of 3 hours to remove the antenna (most of it) disassemble and remove the broken piece of nylon cable, reinstall, put the new mast in and test... all of this to discover that the internal clutch will raise the mast, but won't lower it... as I said... bitch. And you will need a 2nd person...
All said and done, I have to now remove and totally replace the antenna. That will be so not fun.
Oh, and stuck O2 sensors suck, too.
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Originally Posted by hippy
Just think, the more you do it the better you get at it. 
After I got a defective replacement, the second time I replaced my antenna I got it down to about a half hour. For under a $100 for an AC Delco unit, I decided fixing it sucked and went with an entire replacement. It would've been a great plan had I've gotten a good one the first time.... 
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That's why I just replace the whole thing.
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Originally Posted by bogus
... working on the electric antenna on these things is a first class BITCH.
It took me the best part of 3 hours to remove the antenna (most of it) disassemble and remove the broken piece of nylon cable, reinstall, put the new mast in and test... all of this to discover that the internal clutch will raise the mast, but won't lower it... as I said... bitch. And you will need a 2nd person...
All said and done, I have to now remove and totally replace the antenna. That will be so not fun.
It took me the best part of 3 hours to remove the antenna (most of it) disassemble and remove the broken piece of nylon cable, reinstall, put the new mast in and test... all of this to discover that the internal clutch will raise the mast, but won't lower it... as I said... bitch. And you will need a 2nd person...
All said and done, I have to now remove and totally replace the antenna. That will be so not fun.
Are you talking about just the mast, or the mast and the motor unit?
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Originally Posted by bogus
... working on the electric antenna on these things is a first class BITCH.
It took me the best part of 3 hours to remove the antenna (most of it) disassemble and remove the broken piece of nylon cable, reinstall, put the new mast in and test... all of this to discover that the internal clutch will raise the mast, but won't lower it... as I said... bitch. And you will need a 2nd person...
All said and done, I have to now remove and totally replace the antenna. That will be so not fun.
Oh, and stuck O2 sensors suck, too.
It took me the best part of 3 hours to remove the antenna (most of it) disassemble and remove the broken piece of nylon cable, reinstall, put the new mast in and test... all of this to discover that the internal clutch will raise the mast, but won't lower it... as I said... bitch. And you will need a 2nd person...
All said and done, I have to now remove and totally replace the antenna. That will be so not fun.
Oh, and stuck O2 sensors suck, too.
More often then not, they nylon cable screws it up - better to just put a new antenna and motor into the car.
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From: Santa Teresa New Mexico
Originally Posted by CentralCoaster
Oh, cracking open the antenna case and reassembling, yeah, that part of it is as fun as bathing a cat.
Thats funnie, I don't think that Ive ever turned on the radio in a Corvette whats the point you can't hear it.
When the antenna breaks I shove it in and forget about it.
Samething with air conditioning if it breaks who cares, it as useless as the radio. Average summer temps in Santa Cruz are less than 84 degrees.
Id prefer a Corvette without air, power windows, no radio, who needs all that crap? Its supposed to be a sports car.
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Originally Posted by redwing76
Thats funnie, I don't think that Ive ever turned on the radio in a Corvette whats the point you can't hear it.
When the antenna breaks I shove it in and forget about it.
Samething with air conditioning if it breaks who cares, it as useless as the radio. Average summer temps in Santa Cruz are less than 84 degrees.
Id prefer a Corvette without air, power windows, no radio, who needs all that crap? Its supposed to be a sports car.
When the antenna breaks I shove it in and forget about it.
Samething with air conditioning if it breaks who cares, it as useless as the radio. Average summer temps in Santa Cruz are less than 84 degrees.
Id prefer a Corvette without air, power windows, no radio, who needs all that crap? Its supposed to be a sports car.
I need a radio for the traffic reports... besides, I like music... any drone after any period of time gets on my nerves and gets old, fast.
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Originally Posted by CentralCoaster
Oh, cracking open the antenna case and reassembling, yeah, that part of it is as fun as bathing a cat.
That's the real pain in the ***.
I am just a little too fat to fit more than one arm in there at a time... and from the rear wheel well, there just isn't enough space. And removing the muffler, I don't think, would have helped much... removing the rear bumper, yea, that woulda helped a lot.
I had to use a 2' extension, with a flex socket to remove the bolts that hold the antenna bracket into place.
I guess I need to call Chris now...
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Originally Posted by CentralCoaster
that part of it is as fun as bathing a cat.
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Originally Posted by bogus
so you still subscribe to the theory that unless it hurts, it ain't worth it? That's only sadistic.
I need a radio for the traffic reports... besides, I like music... any drone after any period of time gets on my nerves and gets old, fast.
I need a radio for the traffic reports... besides, I like music... any drone after any period of time gets on my nerves and gets old, fast.
You sure talk funnie! Drone you mean the sound of a LT1 at speed?
Or the sound of a small block Chevy? If I want to hear the "tunes" I drive the Mercedes. Theres no "drone", no steering fed back, ISP driving control, 4 channel ABS, no "drone" the car accepts very little driver input, the car drives itself. No "drone" what so ever, but its no fun to drive iether.
Traffic reports in LA? Like the 210 is closed for 25 miles in iether direction? You have no choice but to drive to the 210/I5/the Pasadena fwy, and sit there with the other fools.
Theres 15 million people living in that mix with you, they all have cars and no-one stays home.
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I couldn't imagine getting to that ground wire either, and didn't worry about it. The antenna will still get a ground from the radio end of the antenna lead, and from the motor wiring as well. My ground lead is still hanging loose, and the antenna works fine. I think that ground lead is for the mounting plate to act as a ground plane, may help the reception a little, but probably not to a noticable degree.
Originally Posted by bogus
that was not the hard part, CC - infact, that was insanely easy. Three screws, one little nut and it was done. The cover comes off, there is an internal guide frame and that's it. I cleaned it and put it back together. The hard part is reaching up into the fender and reinstalling all the damned ground wires...
That's the real pain in the ***.
I am just a little too fat to fit more than one arm in there at a time... and from the rear wheel well, there just isn't enough space. And removing the muffler, I don't think, would have helped much... removing the rear bumper, yea, that woulda helped a lot.
I had to use a 2' extension, with a flex socket to remove the bolts that hold the antenna bracket into place.
I guess I need to call Chris now...
That's the real pain in the ***.
I am just a little too fat to fit more than one arm in there at a time... and from the rear wheel well, there just isn't enough space. And removing the muffler, I don't think, would have helped much... removing the rear bumper, yea, that woulda helped a lot.
I had to use a 2' extension, with a flex socket to remove the bolts that hold the antenna bracket into place.
I guess I need to call Chris now...
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I always say to my friends (tongue-in-cheek) ...that it's a conspiracy.....GM, Ford...Mopar...they're all in it....they purposely make fixing, or for that matter, simple replacement of parts like headlamp bulbs or serp belts a royal pain in the #$%!!!!
ONE THING THAT HOLDS SOOOO TRUE....IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB...IT WILL DRIVE YOU MAD!!!
ONE THING THAT HOLDS SOOOO TRUE....IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB...IT WILL DRIVE YOU MAD!!!