Electric aerial

[Lazy-Ferret]

Has anyone fitted an electric aerial to the front wing on a T2?

I am fed up with the bee sting one at the back, as the reception is awful. I replaced the antenna bit, and it was OK for a while, until I next went in a Multi-Story car park and it hit the roof.

 

[firebobby]

On both of my Terrano's, the roof aerial has worked fine and I have never had problems in car park's.

 

[rustic]

On both of my Terrano's, the roof aerial has worked fine and I have never had problems in car park's.

So the problem might be the ground connection against the roof inside the car.
Lower the roof lining just enough to have a look, undo nut, clean up area, make sure connections are bright and reassemble with a blob of Rustic's favourite... Waxoyl, or even grease, or vaseline.

Then try it again.:thumb2

Early Mav and Terrano aerials were electric and off side wing mounted, so they can be fitted.

A roof mounted one wouldn't be suitable for my mav, as it would get caught in the up and over door of the garage, in fact the Picasso one did, so I bought a stubby one to screw in.

Rustic

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Cheers, I actually did that when I had the roof lining down to fit the roof lights. I think it has been hit once too often though as all the connections and mounting were fine. I had to change the original aerial when I first got it, and could actually feel the break. I put a new solid one on, but caught that on the roof of carpark as I reversed into parking space and bent it. Put shorter one on that came in kit, but reception never as good. Final straw was when roof box squashed it.

Will put electric in front wing. Bigger aerial and shorter wire have to be better.

sent from my phone, sorry for any typo's.

 

[Terranical]

Cheers, I actually did that when I had the roof lining down to fit the roof lights. I think it has been hit once too often though as all the connections and mounting were fine. I had to change the original aerial when I first got it, and could actually feel the break. I put a new solid one on, but caught that on the roof of carpark as I reversed into parking space and bent it. Put shorter one on that came in kit, but reception never as good. Final straw was when roof box squashed it.

Will put electric in front wing. Bigger aerial and shorter wire have to be better.

sent from my phone, sorry for any typo's.

I changed my non-working and bent electric aerial for a bendy rubber one - pig of a job.
Once the rubber wheel arch liner is removed, access to the underside of the aerial is through a hole in a "ledge" for the want of a better word, which is about 2" below the underside of the wing. As there is insufficient room to get two hands in there, undoing the retaining nut has to be done with the tips of two fingers through this hole (which itself is only about 1" in diameter.
When I came to fit the rubber aerial I couldn't get the retaining nut on to the bottom and hold the lower washer and cable connection in place at the same time (the hole in the "ledge" was too small. I finished up by supergluing the washer to the inside of the wing, then supergluing the nut to the connector, then threading the 6mm threaded spigot of the aerial through the hole,washer and connector into the nut, then holding the nut with a pair of thin surgical forceps (the hole in the ledge is at an angle to the underside of the wing, meaning you cannot get a socket on an extension bar onto it), turned the aerial to hand tighten it, then with a small screwdriver through the hole in the aerial base, tightened it fully, praying that the nut wouldn't turn too (it didn't!)
What should have been a half hour job took me about 4 hours, plus a lot of lost skin and a pronounced good humour by-pass!
In retrospect perhaps I should have removed the wing first.

 

[Sweety]

OK for a while, until I next went in a Multi-Story car park and it hit the roof.

Don't go in them then:lol:lol:lol I've not taken this one into a multi-story carpark & don't plan on doing so as I got sick of scraping the aerial off the roof or beams on my last T2 & once I fitted my spotlights & roofrack I just didn't fit in:lol

 

[Essexdaz]

My wing mounted one didn't work, got one from the scrappie from a fiesta and fitted it in the middle of the roof at the front, looks like it's always been there, I removed the relay for the power for the electric Aireal so the old one just sits in the wing.

 

[Banshee]

Has anyone fitted an electric aerial to the front wing on a T2?

I am fed up with the bee sting one at the back, as the reception is awful. I replaced the antenna bit, and it was OK for a while, until I next went in a Multi-Story car park and it hit the roof.

Replaced mine for a shorter one from a P Reg Micra in the scrappy, and it still scrapes on the roof in the multi storys :doh

As said though, no issues with reception with it

 

[AlexD333]

Seems to be a bit of an open topic. Whatever is used in my work colleagues range is amazing. Cant see an aerial though? I dont want standard car signal. I want cd player in house signal. Thats how good this one was comapred to my aerial.

 

[Sweety]

The rangies & disco 2's & newer have their aerials built into the rear side window & looks like a heated rear window so a lot of surface area to pick up the signal & I think they might also be amped

 

[R1cho]

maybe something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/INTERNAL-...cles_Terminals_Cabling_ET&hash=item43aa7d304a

 

[firebobby]

The rangies & disco 2's & newer have their aerials built into the rear side window & looks like a heated rear window so a lot of surface area to pick up the signal & I think they might also be amped

I suppose they need good radio's, at least they can listen to some vibes while awaiting recovery :augie:augie

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Fitted it today... quite a hard job, as you have to cut an elliptical hole in the side of the wing, so it looks round when you look down on it...

Seems a lot better, although I have not taken it out for a spin yet, but I now have reception when the LED lights are on, which is a good start.

 

[AlexD333]

I suppose they need good radio's, at least they can listen to some vibes while awaiting recovery :augie:augie

Ahahah amazing :lol