Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Did you remove the threaded retention collaron the outside of the fender. It
keeps the antenna from coming out?
Regards,
Robert Massmann
Wilmington, Ohio
87 190D 2.5 Turbo 205K?
85 300CD 327K
82 300D 327K
81 VW Rabbit Pickup 210K (Diesel)
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Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Jim wrote:undo the nut first, then pull gently on it as it's coming up.
It'll try to overshoot ''
This is what I did - turned the radio on, the antenna went up and I tried
to
keep it coming - but it stops and will not come any further. I didn;t try
to just pull it out - the motor was pushing the mast up and I tried to
keep
it coming - but it stopped once it was all the way up and would not come
any
further.
Perhaps it comes out from the bottom?
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Thought I'd do something simple, bzzt! wrong! I raised the
mast by
turning the radio on - loosened the securing nut and tried to pull the
mast
You undo the nut first, then pull gently on it as it's coming up.
It'll try to overshoot and that's what gets it the rest of the way
out. You don't just pull it out forcibly.
When installing you start it down and feed it the tail. When it stops
(not all the way in most likely) you put in the nut then cycle it up
and down again and you're done.
-- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Hi Johnny,
You wrote:run it up and before it stops get out there
and catch it before it hits the side of the car pulling gently to
remove the tail completely.
That's the problem - it stops and *cannot* be removed - no worry about
itjumping out - I've been pulling like crazy to get it out - it feels like
it's hitting some kind of stop inside - clunk!
I'm inclined to thing maybe I have something like Dwight Giles mentioned in
his reply - he wrote:was trying to put a Rusty Hirschman mast into a made
in china replacement motor. I had to take the motor
case apart and then finally went manual. - I'll have to remve the inner
panel to check the body of the antenna to see what brand it is --
And Marshall wrote:black masts are NOT interchangeable with the
earlier silver masts that are in mt '87 - My mast is chrome and the
replacement is also chrome. I fear I need to open up the inside of the
trunk to see what kind of motor I have --
Thanks to all who helped --
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, '91 300D Turbo)
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From: John Berryman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
On Mar 4, 2006, at 2:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Gang!
Thought I'd do something simple, bzzt! wrong! I raised
the mast by
turning the radio on - loosened the securing nut and tried to pull
the mast
out. It came up another section (which wasn't being raised
automatically)
but then it stopped, clunk. I pulled pretty hard but it didn't
budge. The
replacement is a Hirschmann but the old was is not marked with the
typical H
on the antenna tip. Also, the existing antenna tip is black rubber
and the
new one is a crome button.
Any ideas? The instructions that came with the new mast (from
Rusty) are
pretty clear - and I'm sure I followed them exactly - but the mast
did *not*
want to come out.
TIA!
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
Loosen the nut first, run it up and before it stops get out there
and catch it before it hits the side of the car pulling gently to
remove the tail completely.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
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Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Jim wrote:undo the nut first, then pull gently on it as it's coming up.
It'll try to overshoot ''
This is what I did - turned the radio on, the antenna went up and I tried to
keep it coming - but it stops and will not come any further. I didn;t try
to just pull it out - the motor was pushing the mast up and I tried to keep
it coming - but it stopped once it was all the way up and would not come any
further.
Perhaps it comes out from the bottom?
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Thought I'd do something simple, bzzt! wrong! I raised the
mast by
turning the radio on - loosened the securing nut and tried to pull the
mast
You undo the nut first, then pull gently on it as it's coming up.
It'll try to overshoot and that's what gets it the rest of the way
out. You don't just pull it out forcibly.
When installing you start it down and feed it the tail. When it stops
(not all the way in most likely) you put in the nut then cycle it up
and down again and you're done.
-- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Sounds like what happened to me-I was trying to put a Rusty Hirschman
mast into a made in china replacement motor. I had to take the motor
case apart and then finally went manual.
Dwight Giles, Jr
1979 240D auto, 250K + miles
1990 300D 2.5t, 129K miles
Wickford, RI
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Subject: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Hi Gang!
Thought I'd do something simple, bzzt! wrong! I raised the
mast by
turning the radio on - loosened the securing nut and tried to pull the
mast
out. It came up another section (which wasn't being raised
automatically)
but then it stopped, clunk. I pulled pretty hard but it didn't budge.
The
replacement is a Hirschmann but the old was is not marked with the
typical H
on the antenna tip. Also, the existing antenna tip is black rubber and
the
new one is a crome button.
Any ideas? The instructions that came with the new mast (from Rusty)
are
pretty clear - and I'm sure I followed them exactly - but the mast did
*not*
want to come out.
TIA!
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Gang!
Thought I'd do something simple, bzzt! wrong! I raised the mast by
turning the radio on - loosened the securing nut and tried to pull the mast
out. It came up another section (which wasn't being raised automatically)
but then it stopped, clunk. I pulled pretty hard but it didn't budge. The
replacement is a Hirschmann but the old was is not marked with the typical H
on the antenna tip. Also, the existing antenna tip is black rubber and the
new one is a crome button.
Any ideas? The instructions that came with the new mast (from Rusty) are
pretty clear - and I'm sure I followed them exactly - but the mast did *not*
want to come out.
The later ('90+ I think) black masts are NOT interchangeable with the
earlier silver masts that are in mt '87 and earlier 124/201s. I have
had NO experience with the later masts..
Marshall
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'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5
turbo 237kmi
Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
On Mar 4, 2006, at 2:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Gang!
Thought I'd do something simple, bzzt! wrong! I raised
the mast by
turning the radio on - loosened the securing nut and tried to pull
the mast
out. It came up another section (which wasn't being raised
automatically)
but then it stopped, clunk. I pulled pretty hard but it didn't
budge. The
replacement is a Hirschmann but the old was is not marked with the
typical H
on the antenna tip. Also, the existing antenna tip is black rubber
and the
new one is a crome button.
Any ideas? The instructions that came with the new mast (from
Rusty) are
pretty clear - and I'm sure I followed them exactly - but the mast
did *not*
want to come out.
TIA!
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
Loosen the nut first, run it up and before it stops get out there
and catch it before it hits the side of the car pulling gently to
remove the tail completely.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
Re: [MBZ] Replacing Antenna Mast
Thought I'd do something simple, bzzt! wrong! I raised the mast by turning the radio on - loosened the securing nut and tried to pull the mast You undo the nut first, then pull gently on it as it's coming up. It'll try to overshoot and that's what gets it the rest of the way out. You don't just pull it out forcibly. When installing you start it down and feed it the tail. When it stops (not all the way in most likely) you put in the nut then cycle it up and down again and you're done. -- Jim
