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Old 28th May 2019, 11:12 AM
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Thankyou MikkiJayne sounds like a fun job for me hopefully it won't be too bad job!

i should of removed the aerial in hindsight haha

GPS survived they did have ago at it though!
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Old 28th May 2019, 11:21 AM
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The antenna is attached from inside the rear quarter. You'll need to remove the boot side trim to get to it, and iirc there's one bolt holding it to a bracket. It then drops down out of the rubber grommet - the force it needs can be quite scary as they're all pretty crusty by now. If it's stuck, tt helps to drop some lubricant (WD-40 etc) down between the aerial base and the gromment from outside, and then wiggle it around a bit to free it. The grommet is then just a push-fit in the panel.

There are a couple of versions of the aerial base depending on which options the car has (phone prep etc), and it has different connectors accordingly.
Does this look about right?

http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articl...nnaremove.html

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Aren’t these just for the phone prep?

I had one sitting in the cupboard that I gave to Jim last year.
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Aren’t these just for the phone prep?
That's what I thought too....
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Isn't that just for the telephone?
And, depending on exactly what you've got in the car, probably won't connect to any current network.
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And, depending on exactly what you've got in the car, probably won't connect to any current network.
GiffGaff(O2) work just fine in mine.
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GiffGaff(O2) work just fine in mine.
Same here. I use a Nokia 6310i in the cradle. Three no longer support the 6310i (not sure about the other providers) but Giffgaff still do
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That procedure is about right but there is a plastic clip instead of a big nut. The black insert with the red o-ring is similar though.

Its used for the FM radio as well as the phone in cars with phone prep.
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this is the part number for the rubber base that pushes into the bodywork - 4a5035539

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I have an electric ariel on my D2. How high should it go? Is there a way to take them apart to refurb them? My radio signal is not really that great, but the ariel does go high that i would have thought that it would be half decent.
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Aren’t these just for the phone prep?

I had one sitting in the cupboard that I gave to Jim last year.
For which I still owe you a beer or two! Next meet perhaps?
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