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Old 23rd April 2015, 04:02 PM
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Default PP GF 20 electric aerial

ever since I have had my D2 FL the aerial hasn't worked , that is to say it makes all the correct noises , but nothing pops up
so I presumed that it was the old stripped plastic cog , but when I got around to taking the assembly out today the cogs were all fine but there was just an empty tube !
thing is , I can't see how it is supposed to work ...there is nothing connected to the cogs but there is what seems to be a piece of metal which slides up and down
anyone out there who can solve this conundrum ? can't see that it is a magnetic system
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Old 23rd April 2015, 04:09 PM
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
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Old 25th April 2015, 05:23 PM
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bit of googling provided the answer , it works with a bit of plastic string which I don't have !
appears you can just get a new mast and feed it in ...will get around to it one day !
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Old 15th August 2016, 10:28 AM
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Default FL Electric radio aerial

Are FL electric aerials available to purchase? There is an aftermarket one but it doesn't fit despite claiming too

Also does anyone happen to have the part number? I need the mast itself and the electric gubbins to make it go up and down as a previous owner fitted a manual generic one

many thanks
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