Technical Radio Antenna Cable

[stephen5891]

Hi, hope you can help. Stupidly i forgot to remove the radio antenna from the car before going into a car wash, resulting in a snapped aerial and the part attaching it to the car (black stump bit the antenna screws into) being pulled up.

Annoyingly i now get a very poor radio signal, which i think must mean that i have damaged the cabling / connections inside the roof of the car. I have had a google and found nothing and I hope that you may be able to advise me on how to gain access and repair the internal aerial cable.

Thanks in advance

 

[Les38]

As far as I remember to gain access to the aerial cable you need to:-
1.Pull back the hatchback seal
2.Remove the two rooflining retaining clips.These are nasty christmas tree type plugs and may take a bit of persuading to get out.
3.Pull away one [or both side panels].
You can now pull down the rooflining enough to get your hand in to disconnect the aerial and fitting.Hope this helps.

 

[Andy Monty]

just take great care when handling the roof lining its made of fiber glass and the fibres at the edge of the liner are bloody sharp and itchy

 

[Les38]

OH BTW secure the aerial once disconnected otherwise it could disappear into the roof space never to be seen again.