CB Mount in a Disco

I have a Uniden TX3400 which has a detachable/remote head. I have the head sitting just in front of the high / low range / CDL lever. The tranceiver is under the front seat.

I put mine in the funny glove-compartment slot thing. You can easily remove it and cut holes in the top/back for cables. I found I wasn't using the slot for much anyway, as stuff tended to fall out, so it was quite a useful place to keep the CB out of harm's way. I was going to fashion a perspex flap for the front, to keep it out of site, but never got round to it, and never had any problems anyway, luckily.

Before this I tried mounting it between the driver's seat and the centre console but it tended to get snagged on the seatbelt clip so it didn't stay there long.

It's more of a problem in the TD5 as it has a "real" glove compartment which you can't really put a CB in. I'm thinking of getting one of those bulkhead units with the controls on the mic this time round.

David

The Cobras? They look quite nice and I was considering one, but I'm a cheapskate.

I've got a feeling mine's going to end up being mounted on the passenger side of the transmission tunnel as putting it in the cubby nook means that it isn't actually very useful for the driver.

The other option at present seems to be mounting it on a standoff and bolting the standoff to the dash.

I don't really want to do that as it will take up valuable space I'd already earmarked for a drinks holder.

That was one thing they got *very* right in the Disco2 was the number and location of cup holders.

P.

In pain having just finished fitting a set of JATE rings which were slightly too narrow for the mountings with the steering guard in place. Fortunately ignorance, brute force and a small trolley jack prevailed.

Hi P.

Does the Midland 2001 have a remote head unit?

I'm not familiar with CB's, but if it does have a remote head you could try the position where I mounted the front panel of my FT-100 in a Disco 300.

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I'd get a smaller rig (kernow3100/midland38), & fit it in the map holder on the roof. Much less chance of engine noise/electrial interference etc, & It'll be well out of the way. SH then go for anything from 20-50..

Mark

Hello,

Why would you want a CB at a disco, surely it would interfere with the audio equipment.

I have mine mounted IN the glove-box tray.

3 screws in the top lip and a couple of support brackets behind (easily accessible from below after you have removed the under-dash trim) and the box comes out.

Hole in the back just big enough for the PL259 and you can bring the power and extension speaker leads through as well.

Neat, tidy and well out the way of passenger legs!

Paul

Thanks for this - it's more or less the way I did it, although I was a bit silly and only made the hole big enough for the RG58 and fitted the PL259 afterwards.

P.