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Jose A Cabrera (Jcabrera)
| | Posted on Friday, February 15, 2002 - 08:02 pm: | 
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Old topic but, I don't remember how to do it. I need to replace my broken radio antenna on my 96 Disco.... how do I do it? |
rugger12
| | Posted on Friday, February 15, 2002 - 09:40 pm: |
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Jose..I just did this last weekend..no big deal. Unfortunately, I only had a few bucks to work with, so I got a 2 ft. rubber antenna for about 10 dollars. Allyou have to do is unscrew the ring around the base of your antenna, and pull the antenna up so that the cable is exposed. Cut the cable, and tape it to the plug end of your new antenna cable. GENTLY pull/feed the cables down through the fender, into the engine compartment, through the firewall. It will come out under the dashboard behind a black cardboard panel held on by upholstery clips. When you remove the panel, the plug in location will be on your left, near the transmission tunnel. Unplug the old cable, and plug in the new. The old cable's path will be easy to follow as it winds around. GOOD LUCK! email me if you have any questions. BTW, mine is also a 96. Adam |
Jose A Cabrera (Jcabrera)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2002 - 01:36 am: |
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Great, I will try that.... I was thinking I had to remove the side ender. �When you remove the panel...." on the passenger side correct? |
Mark Meyer (Deadelus)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2002 - 10:49 pm: |
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jose,
If your truck has a factory antenna you CAN NOT just unscrew the trim bolt and lift it up and "cut the cable". You will have to gain access behind the fender, either by removing the quarter panel or removing the plastic fender well peice at the back of the wheel well. I got a genuine antenna from Nathan Crabtree and pulled a couple of the riv-nuts off the wheel well plastic piece and pried it back enough to cram my arm up in there and grab the base of the antenna. Install was the reverse of that procedure. It should only take you about 20 minutes to take out the broken one and install the new. Maybe longer if you pull the wheel off, but I didn't need to do that, although I did have to do some contortions to reach the up inside the quarter panel.... |
rugger12
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 08:36 am: |
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I dont know if my antenna was factory, i just asumed it was...We bought the truck used....anyway, the panel is a black cardboard piece on the passenger side, above the pasenger's feet. Adam |
Jose A Cabrera (Jcabrera)
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 01:44 pm: |
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Mark,
You are correct. I pulled it via a hole in the inside�. There was a hole big enough to pull the whole assembly out and reinstall the aftermarket antenna I purchased. I don�t know what the hole is for but it seems to have been there for a while. Thank to all! |
Mark Meyer (Deadelus)
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 07:34 pm: |
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Jose,
what hole are you talking about? You pulled it from the inside of the truck? Or from the inside of the engine bay? I wonder if I have that hole and if I could have saved my arm from a lot of painful contortions entering from the wheel well. |
Jose A Cabrera (Jcabrera)
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 02:02 am: |
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Mark, I'll try to take some pics and post them here. |
Javier Velador (Jvelador)
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 04:19 am: |
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Jose, I see you replaced your antennae. Ignore food_and_rovers 
When I replaced mine off of my '94 Disco, I did remove the fender screws and lifted the fender off enough to reach the antennae from inside the quarter panel/fender.
After that, it was alot of reaching and scraped hands and cursing!
Javier |
Jake
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 08:45 pm: |
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IMHO, the easiest way to do an antenna repo is to undo the fender, all bolts along the top(hood) and all but the bottom-most bolt on the door side. It gives you plenty of access. I couldn't get the panel in the fenderwell off, due to dirt and gunk. Once you get the cable into the pssenger compartment, remove the glove box and feed the cable over to the plug on the radio. The whole gig shouldnt take more than 45-50 minutes. |
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