Disco1 aeriel

[R2D2]

Hi folks,

Can't quite see how to get to the aerial on the wing top to swap the antenna for a rubber one,  (fell off in the woods at BKF last Saturday) .

Is it wing off jobbie,    :doh: or up through wheel arch please?       8-[

thanks

[Budgie]

The one on mine has a nut on the outside which then lets the thing drop inside the wing.
Then you can push the cable through the inner wing from the engine bay.
You'll need to remove the wheelarch plastic liner, if you still have it in place, to recover the old aerial and put the new one in.  ;)

It maybe easier to take the wing off though, as it's not a big job, as it'll make it easier to put the new aerial on if it secures from the underside. 

[R2D2]

Cheers Budgie, yeah new rubber one does need bolting from bottom.

Wonder how many screws refuse to undo tomorrow.   :shock:  :shock:

[paulnb57]

I put a rubber one on mine (300tdi) and there is a section of the plastic wheel arch liner that you have to remove by pressing the centre pin out of a few plastic "rivets" similar to the ones that hold the sill trim.....I tapped the centre pins out with a nail but struggeld for ages to get the the "rivet" out  to release the section of liner before realising you can get at em from under the bonnet on the top of the inner wing......DOH!!, once the liner is shifted you can get at the aerial OK. To save taking the radio out to thread the aerial lead thru I got a male lead end and a double female joiner from Maplins, then chopped the old lead at the old aerial end and attached the male end then joined the new lead to the old with the double female joiner. Hope that makes sense!
Paul

[R2D2]

Cheers Paul

 :doh:  :doh: Got aerial from maplins  :lol: so back over there before we start then.

[JPJ]

An easy job, my old one snapped off just like yours. :)
Take the wheel arch liner out carefully so that you can reuse the plastic studs. Get your hand up there to steady the remaining part and undo the top nut with your other hand - or get a friend! Cut the wire. Put the new aerial in place then overlap the old and new cables by 6" and wrap with gaffer tape. Take the radio out. Disconnect the aerial lead and pull the cable through bringing the new cable with it. Reconnect and install radio. Re-install the wheel arch liner.   

[doda456]

Or do what i did, Just buy a complete aerial and 5m extension cable and then move the aerial to somewhere more protected,
mines currently attched to the roof, folded flat so that any overgrown vegetation cant touch it.

But  on mine i went a bit mad and moved the stereo and speakers to the roof lining, but it now means when im stuck in a puddle with water upto the transmission housing the stereo keeps playing :dance: