Date:         Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:52:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replacing the antenna (non power)
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@knology.net>
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Before you pull the old one off the van, tape a piece of string to it so
that you can fish the new one back in. Its a lot easier to pull a rope than
push it!      BTDT    :-)

Jake

On 6/29/06, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
>
> It's a ten minute job. Pull the antenna, pull the instrument cluster.
> You can drop the antenna down to the floor on the inside, have your
> new one handy to put back in the same way, same angle, etc.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Jun 29, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott wrote:
>
> > I kinda busted Mellow Yellow's radio antenna. Feel badly about it. I
> > have a replacement here on the desk next to me, but a cursory
> > inspection
> > the van suggests that getting to the inside portion of the antenna is
> > not a trivial job. Tell me it ain't so!
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> > KG6RCR
> >
>



--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com