[s-cars] Looking for a part - Avant Antenna

[Steve Mills]

 I couldn't find a single vendor in the US that had anything compatible- one
had just sold off all of their old stock to another company, who evidently
went under shortly after. After much fruitless searching I was able to find
a source for the correct M6 thread antenna mast in Europe via eBay (all the
current ones are M5).

I can dig out who I bought them from and see if they can still get them if
folks are interested- they were a bit shorter than the stock masts, but mine
works much better than the mauled OE mast. I got 3 extras when I bought mine
because incremental shipping wasn't too bad, but the three spares are all
sold.

Steve

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com> wrote:

> Peter et. al.
>
> IME the replacement avant antenna has been discussed ad nauseum with no
> definitive answer.
>
> I gave up.
>
> Scraped off all the old flaking, powdery insulation and just
> reconstructed/coated it in silicone.
>
> I got a new gasket I think from ECS and a mast from ebay that has a too
> small thread pitch, but inserting a thin brass shim makes it tight.
>
> This is a beyond frankenAntenna solution but worked for me.
>
> The problem is finding a new mount with a connector that fits into the box
> below the roof there.
>
> I don't know if this mast might work?  It's prolly too small but would work
> with a shim as described above.
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-Volkswagen-Antenna-Mast-3A0-051-849-_W0Q
>
> QcmdZViewItemQQfitsZMakeQ3aAudiQ7cSubmodelQ3aAvantQQhashZitem4aa6b02c21QQite<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-Volkswagen-Antenna-Mast-3A0-051-849-_W0Q%0AQcmdZViewItemQQfitsZMakeQ3aAudiQ7cSubmodelQ3aAvantQQhashZitem4aa6b02c21QQite>
> mZ320624143393QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
>
> If anyone has a complete solution, i.e. new mount, new antenna mast, and a
> connector that plugs right in, .I'm in!
>
>
>
> Good luck to all of us!
>
> We need it.
>
> Bill~old audi in winter driver~M
>
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