New Radio Arial for GU Nissan Patrol. Help?

Peter
Usually new aerials come without the plug on the end of the coaxial cable, so that you can feed the cable through a small hole in the firewall. You then need to solder on the plug and connect it to the radio. So, since you have to do some soldering, why don't you unsolder your old aerial from the coax at the aerial end (assuming your coax cable is OK) and solder the new aerial to the end of your existing coax. The you don't need to remove the dash!! Or have I missed something?

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If you need to access the radio you only need to remove the surround. It’s not a hard job. I changed out my stereo in under 15min on my GU 3. As for changing out the Aerial you need to remove the inner guard which can result in some broken clips. There is no soldering as all connections are plugs. Be mindful that if you choose to fit a non-genuine you may require an adaptor. All up can be done in 60min if all goes well. If it is just the mast that is damaged this can be changed out without having to remove the cable or motor. (Link Attached)

http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/auto-electrical-37/problem-replacing-aerial-mast-gu-iii-81059/

Craig

There is another plug in the passenger side footwell. Take off the plastic trim on the left hand side and you can unplug the aerial without touching the dash

Pete

Do you need to replace the whole aerial. I broke the antenna years ago and just bought a new antenna and inserted it. You just undo the bolt at the top of the mudguard. Take out the broken antenna and insert the new one. Got mine from Repco.



Tjilpi

There is no need to replace the entire antenna. You can replace the stainless steel telescopic part which includes the nylon rod that operates the antenna. Available on Ebay for about $25. I replaced it all in about 40 minutes. You just have to make sure you get the correct year model for the Patrol. There are two options available for Patrol if I remember correctly. If you buy genuine, you will have to buy the complete antenna and probably about $400 or more. Michael

If it is just the mast that you need to replace you can do it with out removing anything.
If you loose the nut near the mudguard, turn on the ignition, as the arial comes up pull it and keep pulling. All the mast and the lenGh of nylon geared material will come out. To reinsert a new mast, put the nylon material as in as far as possible and turn off the radio and it will suck in the new mast.
Turn on and off and on a few time for it to adjust it self.

I had to replace mine on a series 3 patrol and found a commodore replacement from autoplus at half the nissan price work well.


Alan