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deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 14:28

Does anyone know where the aerial runs from the roof? And if there are any joins along the way? i.e. joins closer to the head unit?

[Edited on 14-08-2008 by deano87]

[Edited on 14-08-2008 by deano87]

pow

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14th Aug 08 at 15:35

Yes, there is a join closer to the radio, on the wheelarch in under the passenger side carpet.

deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 15:40

thanks, may be just what I need.

Then how to describe that part to a scrap yard

pow

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14th Aug 08 at 15:41

Go yourself

deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 15:47

Scrappy is a long way from me.

deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 15:59

Its £32 new

CABLE, AERIAL, 2000 MM LONG, FOOTWELL TO RADIO

90513449

[Edited on 14-08-2008 by deano87]

pow

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14th Aug 08 at 16:00

Are you SURE you've broken it?

deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 16:08

The radio doesn't work.

And yes, I'm sure.

You may remember that it's grey in colour. To fit to most aftermarket stereos, you need one of the metal adapters, kind of turning the radio cable of the car loom from female to male.

When I took the head unit out, part of the gray aerial cable casing was attached to the male part, which was still in the head unit. I looked closely, and there was a small bit of wire copper that had snapped. Looked in the actual aerial, and there was the other snapped part.

I thought I could patch it up using another connector, however, the aerial cable has more layers than the channel tunnel.

Copper/alu wire running through the middle, encapsulated in a white plastic/teflon. This is then wrapped in copper which, which is covered with insulation plastic.

Emailed http://www.vauxhallspares.co.uk. They have plenty of Corsa B's in, so no reason why they don't have this bit.

I have also ordered an windscreen mounted aerial from eBay made by Autoleads. Apparently they can be shit. Also, it needs an earth and ignition live, apparently. I think the ignition live & earth will just be for the booster etc.

[Edited on 14-08-2008 by deano87]

Dan Lewis

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14th Aug 08 at 16:09

you caqn get them from halfords

deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 16:10

quote:
Originally posted by Dan Lewis
you caqn get them from halfords

Get what?

pow

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14th Aug 08 at 16:19

Halfords sell arial, but, you'd be better off getting a real Corsa one

deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 16:20

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14th Aug 08 at 17:02

Pow, did you see mine at PVS?

Windscreen mounted Halfords aerial, with ignition live just tapped into behind the aerial and earthed onto the inside of the A pillar - works a treat to be fair.

Deano, the standard aerial runs down the passenger side C pillar, behind the boot plastics on the right, then under the rear seats, under the carpet and up by the kick panel in the passenger footwell.

There's a connection for it both on the C pillar and behind the kick panel.

deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 18:05

u2u'd

deano87

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14th Aug 08 at 18:54

Right, I found the aerial connection in about 5 mins, so I'm all sorted as to where that is, however, it uses a funny connection - is this going to be available up Halfords or anywhere?

Something like this WON'T fit:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_194859_langId_-1_categoryId_123022

deano87

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15th Aug 08 at 08:32

deano87

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15th Aug 08 at 14:46

quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Right, I found the aerial connection in about 5 mins, so I'm all sorted as to where that is, however, it uses a funny connection - is this going to be available up Halfords or anywhere?

Something like this WON'T fit:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_194859_langId_-1_categoryId_123022