Well my story is not that radical. I gave up on the made in china motor that some PO had used to replace the Hirschman. I bought a manual telescoping antenna at my local radio shop for 19.99. Bolted right up to he rear fender and plugged right into the original MB coaxial cable. I never retract it but I could as it goes flush with the fender if I am in a bad neighborhood in Boston. Dwight
Dwight Giles, Jr 1979 240D auto, 250K + miles 1990 300D 2.5t, 130K miles Wickford, RI Bissell Cove Quahog & Auto Salvage Co. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story 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 _______________________________________ 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
