Taurus Antenna broken, how easy to replace?

My 1993 Taurus Wagon's antenna is broken. It actually has not been going up and down for a while now, but after coming out of the shop we've noticed that it's basically totally broken, the stub that is sticking out is totally loose, the antenna motor is making a donkey-like sound, and we only get one FM station and nothing on AM. I should probably call the dealer and complain, but I suspect that would claim that they didn't do it, and since it needed to be replaced anyway I wouldn't mind doing it if it can be done cheaply. The antenna is currently power, but I'd be ok with a manual one. How difficult is it to get in there and remove the old antenna and put in a generic one? Or should I just let my normal mechanic do it?

Bill

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Bill Rubin
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Bill Rubin opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@prodigy.net:

The hardest part is fishing the antenna lead around behind the dash.

the part itself is accessible by removing inner fender

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Backyard Mechanic

On my '89 Probe, the antenna lead disconnected from the power antenna, so luckily I didn't have to worry about that part. The rest of the procedure was quite simple, really. Tom F.

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Tom F.

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