Oh, come. It isn't that hard at all. Take the grill off. Remove the drivers side headlight. You now have relatively easy access to the bottom of the antenna. You'll still need to take the instrument cluster out so as to fish the wire lead from the antenna into the cabin. On Mar 29, 2005, at 10:26 PM, Jim Felder wrote: > I've done it. Take everything out of the instrument panel hole that you > can, you need to get at least one hand and a wrench down in the space > just behind the mount, on the inside. You'll spend a lot of time > hunched over the dash opening. Not fun, but not all that involved > either. > > Pop the instrument covers, unscrew the fasteners at the corners of the > instrument panel base, snap out all the connectors and disconnect the > speedometer cable. Pull out all the ducting that's in your way. Now you > can probably see the mount if you push cables aside. > > Jim > > On Mar 29, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Christopher Gronski wrote: > >> I have an 86 sycro with the antenna on the hood (if you can call the >> four inched of sloped metal on the front ot our vasn a hood. Anyone >> re@laced one of these? I tried unscrewing it but it looks like it has >> to come out throigh the bottom. Any insights? >> >> Chris >> |
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