How do I remove roof aerial fitting on a Peugeot Expert 2003 ??

Not sure about the rest of it but to get the new lead in just tape it securely to the end of the old one and feed it through.

Yeh I had thought of that, but in pulling the aerial lead its a bit tight somewhere in the pillar.

Knowing my luck the taped wire will pull off.

use a piece of thin wire first then

More importantly

How do you remove the aerial bit inside the car, it looks like its

Any ideas

================================== I've just replaced my aerial on Peugeot 306 which appears to be similar to yours. I used a small long-nosed (crocodile type) mole wrench to pull off the cover - i.e. the bit you're looking at. The actual aerial is secured with a single M5 nut - rusted solid on mine. If you can get someone to hold the outer part (to stop it turning) you might be able to get a long socket on the M5 nut. I had to hacksaw mine on the roof using very short strokes of the hacksaw to avoid damage. You can buy original replacements on Ebay.

When you succeed in getting it off you will probably be able to re-use the existing aerial cord because it has a fairly strong round connector on it. I discarded the pull-off cover because its only purpose appeared to be to ensure that the retaining nut would live in a bath of water if any leaked in.

And if yours isn't very similar just ignore most or all of the above.

Cic.

It sounds about right.

This 'cover' I was trying to turn, as it has 2 flats on it.

I will get some long nose croc mole wrench, from somewhere and give it a go today.

Not sure about reusing the cable, as the plug into the radio is all rusted up. So I suppose the water has got into the cable from the roof and made its way inside down to the radio.

The cover (with two flats) on mine has a semi-circular cutout for the cable. Turning it would probably have sliced the cable so pulling appears to be the best way.

Cic.

Picture here, I hope:

That looks identical to the 406 version. As you say, just pull it off and unscrew the nut beneath. I had a problem with a leaky aerial on my car after a carwash bent the aerial the wrong way very severely. Easy fix, remove aerial, fill aerial base with clear shower sealant and screw back down. Mop up excess off car roof.

I've tried yanking, pulling, screwing it but it does not budge.

It got written on the bottom of this cover 'VAG', and the matl looks like an alloy, as I have scratched and burred it.

Not sure if it helps but the bottom of the aerial base itself is a very piable rubber. As you can bend the aerial and this rubber base just twists and bends and springs back into place.

=================================== I think it's just a case of persevering with brute force. Notice the slots (first picture) which obviously slide over protuberances on the other part.This is another view of mine which does look like alloy but is probably galvanised:

Cic.

Your dead right, bought a pair of small long nosed mole grips from b&q

Just enough room, and yes its the same galvanised cap as in the photo.

Screw thread to long on the aerial bit, so had to beg/borrow a box spanner.

What a mess, bathroom sealant every where, and 2 holes in the roof (1 big 1 small) obviously the small one is a location hole for the aerial base.

New aerial just covers the 2nd hole (hopefully).

Still got problems with the original aerial lead, just does not work. But in using the new supplied one with the aerial it works OK. However lead not long enough. Just bought an extension from Halfords. But to cut a long story short, this extension lead is faulty, in fact the centre core of the socket has pulled away, so no connection with aerial wire.

However no movement in trying to pull the original aerial cable, to see if I can attach the new one and pull it through. Seems as thou its wire tied to the roof somewhere.

How do I get in ??

================================== Congratulations on your success.

Now the nasty bit! According to my Haynes manual(for 306) the lead is in two parts and to remove fully you need to remove the entire fascia. I wouldn't attempt this just to get a radio going especially on an older car where appearance isn't too important. I would suggest that you find an alternative route for the lead, possibly sticking it to the screen post and threading it through the dash.

You might care to look at an earlier post ("GBP900 to mend a Clio sunroof") where people express their doubts about the feasibility of doing an apparently simple repair. Without seeing your precise situation I think that your job is in the same category - not worth the effort of doing unless you're extremely fastidious about the appearance of your car.

Best of luck whatever you decide to do.

Cic.

Oh - Deep Joy

It looks like sticky pads and wire ties down the pillar, and into the side of the dash.

The amazing thing is that the radio works perfectly OK with just the new aerial stuffed into the rear of the radio. So me thinks that I might just stick it all into/under the dash and see how it goes from there.

I seem to remember I had a similar problem 30 years ago on a Cortina.

Ended up routing a bit of wire around the inside of the windscreen rubber beading. Worked OK. Might do that and see how it goes

Thats progress for you.

On the ZX (same aerial) the cable is in two parts with the join behind the drivers side A pillar trim.

On the ZX though the trim pops off and it was possible to run another cable under the headlining, down through the clips and up behind the dash to the radio.

The genuine Pug/Cit base needs two holes. The small one for the locator and the large one for the screw thread. IT comes as a separate base, mast and cable. I used a genuine Citroen base (

Just for info

I just could not figure an easy way of running an extension cable. But I got my money back anyhow for a faulty cable from Halfords.

So I cut the plug off the end of the existing old cable, and water drained out of the cable. No wonder it did not work.

I used this plug with a short bit of cable on it, bared back the centre core, and just twisted it to a piece of mult-strand 0.25mmsq cable. I then run this single cable under the dash then inside the rubber sealing strip up the door column and then into the roof shelf. I twisted this end to the new cable plug that came with the aerial. All joints taped over.

Everything works fine and with no interference and excellent reception.

replying to bbb, Steven Taylor wrote: Not sure what that metal ring is for, but if you prise out the black plastic ring marked MAG there are some surface mounted electronics underneath. I left this bit out and the MW radio sounds much better. Guess the electronics in this part are faulty. Can only think power is sent up the coax from the radio make this function. I've replaced my radio with a Sony CD radio I'm guessing this is not compatible with the circuitry in this metal ring.

i) The question was asked in 2007 - a decade ago

ii) yet again motorsforum has referenced a 12 year old article about a Punto clutch problem