What to do if your Mercedes power antenna fails?
Temporary Repair: If you want a reliable working power antenna for your older Mercedes you don’t have to spend big bucks. The Universal Hirschman antenna has proven to be a economical and reliable alternative. The challenge is to get it to connect and fit properly in the trunk side well.
What should I do if my antenna is not working?
Insert the mast back into the antenna and tighten the nut. Unless your mast is bent or corroded you will find it will not want to stay up on its own. This is the tricky part. You will need to lightly squeeze each section of the antenna preferably with some duckbill pliers.
What happens if you squeeze an antenna too much?
You will squeeze each section right below where the end of the next section stops as you extend the antenna. If you squeeze too much you won’t be able to get the antenna down. Finesse this and work on each section until you can get it to lock and then collapse with light pressure.
How to remove an antenna from a cell phone?
Start by loosening the small nut at the base of the mast. Use a small adjustable wrench and turn it counter clockwise to remove. Pull out on the mast and you will see the plastic tail. Pull hard to remove. You may feel some resistance. Just keep pulling until it comes completely out of the antenna.
Temporary Repair: If you want a reliable working power antenna for your older Mercedes you don’t have to spend big bucks. The Universal Hirschman antenna has proven to be a economical and reliable alternative. The challenge is to get it to connect and fit properly in the trunk side well.
Why is my car antenna not going down?
This should cause the gears to pull on the nylon rope and retract the mast. If the mast doesn’t go down, the gears of the nylon rope may not be properly aligned, so you’ll have to try again. Reinstall the assembly and bolt the mast bushing back in place.
How do you remove an antenna from a car?
Remove the assembly by pulling the antenna mast down through the fender. Uncover the device’s guts by extracting the cover screws. Carefully remove the housing and gear cover, as the nylon cord within might spring out and fling smaller parts.
How do you fix a bent power antenna?
Cut the tail off flush with the end of the mast as shown. Insert the mast back into the antenna and tighten the nut. Unless your mast is bent or corroded you will find it will not want to stay up on its own. This is the tricky part. You will need to lightly squeeze each section of the antenna preferably with some duckbill pliers.
Insert the mast back into the antenna and tighten the nut. Unless your mast is bent or corroded you will find it will not want to stay up on its own. This is the tricky part. You will need to lightly squeeze each section of the antenna preferably with some duckbill pliers.
What happens if your car antenna goes down?
So your car is dirty and you need the get to the carwash. Problem is the antenna wont go down. If they run cars through the automatic car wash with the antenna up it will get trashed. You already know there is a problem with the motor and you have put off fixing it for so long that now your car is really dirty.
How to remove the tail of an antenna?
Use a small adjustable wrench and turn it counter clockwise to remove. Pull out on the mast and you will see the plastic tail. Pull hard to remove. You may feel some resistance.
Cut the tail off flush with the end of the mast as shown. Insert the mast back into the antenna and tighten the nut. Unless your mast is bent or corroded you will find it will not want to stay up on its own. This is the tricky part. You will need to lightly squeeze each section of the antenna preferably with some duckbill pliers.