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

[tom at tomwintermedia.com]

Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.

Bill, this may be my solution. These antennas are rebuildable. I can rebuild
mine with time and effort. My issue is the wire connector to the actual mast
(inside the mount, on a tiny blue disk, which can be removed via two tiny
screws) snapped. I'll have to rip apart the black wire that runs under the
head liner, make it shorter to get enough length to come out the top and
connect to the mast, and remove the blue disk, too as it will be in the way
and is now useless. It will take some time but faster than running wire to
the head unit via the car. Perhaps I'll embark on this adventure today. Or
maybe I'll say screw it and due an aftermarket replacement as the cell phone
in the avant has been eclipsed several times over by newer technology and I
will NEVER use it.

Cheers!

Tom '95 S6 Avant