On my 300SE the Boston Vandals broke off my antennae when my kid had the habit of turning off the power button and it remained sticking up .... get this ... TWICE. I replaced it with factory antennaes the first time. After that I put one of those antennaes with the big chrome spring at the bottom. The broke it off again which I thought was impossible (and hey. I don't have any enemies - at least not the kind that would break off my car antennae when I'm sleeping.) So after the 2nd hit, I went to a local wrench store and bought a $10 single shaft antennae (the kind with the nut on the bottom that you put on the front fender of you pickup) - and a pair of vice grips (didn't have any tools with me) - Went back out to the parking lot, took the vice-grips and bent it back and forth about 500 fucking times to break the fat part off - shaped it a little with the flat part of the vice grips and stuck it into the goddamned hole. Oh yeah - then I thought it might rain in the hole because the fit wasn't all that great. So I went back in the wrench store and bought a tube of goo and squeezed it down into the openings and smeared around it a little. Looks a little mad-max but I don't mind. That was a year ago and the blaupunkt still receives and plays fine. If they break off another one, I can replace it for 10 bucks (I won't have to buy another vice grips, but I'll have to buy another tube of goo). Les Boston
---Original Message----- From: Sunil Hari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 12:16 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question better it be stuck up than down. On 5/8/06, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Marshall & Trampas, > > Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there > is > > no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently > > hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs.... Normally, I turn the > engine > > off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna > starts > > retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up - > the > > radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends - > > > > It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a > coincidence > > that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained? > > Your car was manufactured after the '90 midyear replacement of the > rocker switch that older Mercedes have used for decades. You MIGHT try > removing fuse(s) that supply power to the antenna or unplug the > multiconductor plug on the antenna and then reattach it after 30-60 > seconds. It's control is now entirely electronic - and I regret that > electronics in Mercedes cars are noticeably less reliable after 15 years > and deteriorate rapidly after that. > > Marshall > -- > Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) > "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 > 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired) > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- Sunil Hari 1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474 _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
