Hi again

The base of the aerial on my Punto has managed to snap somehow (the metal shaft inside the roof-mounted housing, the removable part is fine). My Fiat dealer tried to put it through as a warranty item (there is no way that force/ abuse etc. could snap it), but the 'computer said no...'

Anyway, not only is the part £15 but the dealer said it may take an hour to fit which sounds like Horse-sh!t to me. Can anyone tell me how to fit it as I will give it a go myself. I am guessing I can remove the interior light (mine has the reading lights) as per the owners manual, and I should be able to find the nut for the base of the aerial from there. Not had a chance to have a look today, but if anyone could confirm I would be most grateful

Cheers

Monkey

never done a mk2 but mk1s are like that a 10 minuet job at most, it looks the same on mk2 so cant see it taking an hour. but some garages have a minimum charge of 1 hours labour.

just checked my haynes manual sais

1 prise coutesy light out

2 undo bolt withdraw ariel base and disconenct co axial cable

3 when refiting make sure the seal between ariel and roof is in good conditon.


sounds pretty easy to me m8

Had the same thing happen to mine,
so i ended up smoothing the roungh down and putting the arial inside the rough, works really well!

roungh and rough? whats them?

Im going to go with 'roof' for 10 points

Thanks for the info guys.

I had a go today after work but discovered the aerial base is nicely placed above the motor for the electric sunroof.

Looks like I will be removing the headlining (appears to come off with removal of the sun-visors), the bracket holding the motor and the motor itself. Should be easy, but I have a habbit of making a mountain out of a molehill

My aerial base on my Brava came loose and I had to go through the sunroof motor to get at it. Managed to fix the aerial up fine, only problem is the sunroof is a bit jerky now but it wasn't a big job. I always maintain that if I can complete a job then anyone can . Only problem was aching arms while trying to refit the sunroof hole back into a hole that seemed far too small!

Thanks for the info Helz. It was quite an easy job in the end removing the a-pillar trim, sun visors, sunroof surround, headlining, electric sunroof motor and then (eventually) the aerial. It all went back together too!

Having had a look Helz, if your sunroof is a bit jerky it sounds like the motor might not be positioned spot-on so the gears are not quite 100% in-line. It might be worth re-fitting the motor as it took me ages get the screws to line-up and ensure they were not cross-threaded.

Monkey

There is another option if you do not want to go down the rout of fitting it yourself or going to a Fiat Dealer. Visit your local Stereo retatailer.

I went to my local one and he fitted a standard punto aerial in under 10 mins and cost £20 fully fitted.

yeah you got me there, it was ment to be roof! half asleep when doing that last post, sori

I guessed that JTDmonkey but since my use of the sunroof was nil before this and will be nil after this, I won't bother until I come to sell the car or develop a sudden taste for sunroof use

Helz said:

my use of the sunroof was nil before this and will be nil after this,

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coz you only got short legs

JTD Monkey said:

Thanks for the info Helz. It was quite an easy job in the end removing the a-pillar trim, sun visors, sunroof surround, headlining, electric sunroof motor and then (eventually) the aerial. It all went back together too!

Having had a look Helz, if your sunroof is a bit jerky it sounds like the motor might not be positioned spot-on so the gears are not quite 100% in-line. It might be worth re-fitting the motor as it took me ages get the screws to line-up and ensure they were not cross-threaded.

Monkey

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Bloody great, mine has gone too ! The Haynes 'book of lies' made it look like a 5 minute job, however when i looked 'across' the roof line I could see that the antenna base was in line with the Sunroof controls not the interior light.

Even though I've just spent £16 at the dealers this morning i think I'm gonna bodge it with some black electrical tape (again) until i can summon up the energy...

Well it took me nearly 3 months to find that spare time. Pretty simple job in the end, took me about 45 minutes in total, could probably do it in 20 now I know what tools I need, for reference these are:
T25 torx key (sunvisor mount, screws x 4 )
T30 torx key ( plastic frame under the sunroof motor, screws x 3)
#2 Phillips Driver ( sunroof motor, screws x 3 )
10mm socket or spanner ( Aerial fixing bolt/co-ax connector nut)

Everything else is just push or snap fit , eg 'A' pillar trims, Door rubber trim, sunroof opening trim, interior light housing and sunroof control switch housing.

Radio works better now .

lol i feel sorry for the people with the sunroofs, i havent got a sunroof and as soon as you take the light out you get straight to the bolt, so a couple of minutes job.

wheres the best place to buy my aerial? both the base and antenna needs replacing, i've looked on ebay and the cheapest seems to be £18 in P&P, a quote for the parts from an italian car parts specialist it £20.00 not including fitting. As I haven't got a sun roof I will try to fit it myself.
help appreciated