areial fiiting

does anyone know how to attack this, old one taking out and new hella item going in. havnt got the foggest on this . cable routing etc

thanks

Very simple on a late Cabby and probably no more difficult on a hatchback.

I turned the wheels all the way round as if you're going left to access the wheel arch. There you'll find some screws holding the inner arch mud guard in place. You only have to undo a few of them and prise the arch away carefully but with a positive progressive action.

You can then feed your arm up into the arch and feel for and remove the old aerial. I assume you have the head unit out and have disconnected the cable already.

Be careful pulling the cable out as it can easily snag and pull a wire out of something else causing you a whole new problem.

You'll see where the cable goes and obviously fitting the new one is a simple reversal, always taking the opportunity to treat any rust you find on the way.

Tian

Also worth when you pull the old aerial cable out attach a strong piece of wire, i used cat5 data cable. I cut it at the aerial and pulled back towards dash in 2 stages, through inner wing towards bulkhead and second one though bulkhead to radio. This can then be the pull wire for the new lead.

Finally make sure you get all the bungs back in place.

cheers for that - the arch liner threw me