Date:         Fri, 7 Feb 2003 05:05:49 EST
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Antenna replacement steps ? Help
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In a message dated 2/6/03 8:59:17 PM, theklube@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< Guidance please. >>

John,

1/ Disconnect the battery.  This is a minor nuisance but prudent.
2/ Pull the ashtray
3/ Pull the radio.
4/ Disconnect the antenna lead at the radio.
5/ Attach a light gauge line (henceforth, pull cord) to the antenna lead.
Tie it securely and spiral some tape over the knot in order to taper the
bulge.  The pull cord can be almost any small stuff with sufficient tensile
strength that you cannot break it in your bare hands and several feet longer
than the antenna lead.
6/ Tie off the bitter end of the pull cord to something convenient.
7/ Outside, undo the antenna locknut, remove the base and work the toggle
through the hole.
8/ Extract the antenna lead until a workable amount of the pull cord is
exposed.
9/ Unfasten the pull cord from the old antenna lead and secure it to the new.
10/ You know what to do from this point.

There has been another procedure suggested.  But, in what is outlined above
there is no fuss, no muss and no craftsmanship of uncertainty.

George