WHY is it SO COMPLICATED to replace a SIMPLE ANTENNA on my XLT?

jagarundi · 05-08-2010, 05:57 PM

Why does Ford make the simplest thing SO DAMN COMPLICATED?

Looking around this site, this seems to be a common occurence: Antenna breaks off in the car wash at the nub so you have to replace the entire mast and antenna. On ANY OTHER CAR, it's a quick fix. WHY is it so HARD with the Ford? You take off the black cap around the base, unscrew the star-shaped screws and the hex shaped screw around the base and you would THINK all you had to do at that point was to SIMPLY pull up the damn thing. NOT THE CASE!! After doing ALL OF THAT, the pole is STILL ATTACHED TO SOMETHING that you can't see how in the HELL to GET TO!!

Does ANYBODY have a CLEAR and CONCISE way, WITH PICTURES on how to remove and replace a damn ANTENNA?

This is RIDICULOUS!

Electrohacker · 05-08-2010, 06:00 PM

not you again...

give a 5 year old a dollar and he'll get it done with less complaints

Electrohacker · 05-08-2010, 06:03 PM

just checked it on my truck

pull up the plastic cover on the mast
you will see a hex on the bottom of the mast
unscrew the F****** mast
screw on the new mast
replace cover

you could probably use a used mast from the junkyard for $1

jagarundi · 05-08-2010, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electrohacker

just checked it on my truck

pull up the plastic cover on the mast
you will see a hex on the bottom of the mast
unscrew the F****** mast
screw on the new mast
replace cover

you could probably use a used mast from the junkyard for $1

What the F--K are you TALKING ABOUT? I pulled the trim off, unscrewed the star screws, unscrewed the hex and it's not coming off. If you don't have an answer, keep your stupid ass comments to yourself!

Does anyone ELSE have a solution to this?

Electrohacker · 05-08-2010, 06:24 PM

I encourage no one to answer him till he becomes more civil

BTW I just took full photos of how to replace your antenna mast... you'll get them when you stop being an ass

JCat · 05-08-2010, 06:52 PM

I just replaced mine and it is a powered type. It was so easy!

(I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night)

Sbyrne97 · 05-08-2010, 07:02 PM

if you think a explorer is complitcated...work at a shop...i deal with crap all day, yesterday i had to replace brake lines in a toyota it was a bitch routing them up the firewall and onto the junction...jap cars are small and your hands can never fit anywhere, i think explorers are easy to work on and have a lot of room...compared to some other cars...and...so just get it done and stop complaining

Electrohacker · 05-08-2010, 07:50 PM

one guy mentioned a power antenna and if thats the case, then it's your own fault for not saying so

here's how to fix a normal antenna (because I'm feeling generous, come back talking like an ass again and that might change)

pull up the plastic cover on the mast

you will see a hex on the bottom of the mast

unscrew the F****** mast

screw on the new mast

replace cover

my pos mounty · 05-08-2010, 07:58 PM

sometimes your just a big softy, Electrohacker

Electrohacker · 05-08-2010, 08:08 PM

I'm working on ignoring what angers me... and this kid just rubs me wrong

my pos mounty · 05-08-2010, 08:19 PM

I would have never guessed that.

winner · 05-08-2010, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jagarundi

your stupid ass comments to yourself

you'll say that a guy that is trying to help you is mading stupid remarks? when you cant even figure out how to lift a tiny rubber piece and unscrew the base to take an antenna off?

i need to call the mental hospital and tell them to come pick up their runner. where are you at again?

Hitchhikingmike · 05-08-2010, 09:20 PM

Electrohacker, you did not specify if the antenna mast is right or left hand threaded. Is it righty-tighty or lefty-tighty? Our guest here may be having some trouble with this particular step.

99SportX · 05-08-2010, 09:28 PM

I think the problem he is having is that the antenna broke off leaving the threaded portion of the antenna inside the base. As a result, he has to take the three torx screws out, remove the inner fender, and replace the base assembly. Inside you will find a screw holding the base to the firewall. It is a long brace that gives the antenna base rigidity. I don't remember exactly how the wiring works for the antenna but you may have to fold out the glovebox (open and pull sides inward then fold all the way down) and disconnect the antenna wire in that area.

Electrohacker · 05-08-2010, 09:34 PM

or he could drill into the threaded stump and use and extractor

Electrohacker · 05-08-2010, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitchhikingmike

electrohacker, you did not specify if the antenna mast is right or left hand threaded. Is it righty-tighty or lefty-tighty? Our guest here may be having some trouble with this particular step.

lmao

99SportX · 05-08-2010, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electrohacker

or he could drill into the threaded stump and use and extractor

good thought.......

or.......he could

RAGE

and post on an internet forum

Xplorer82 · 05-08-2010, 10:32 PM

Wow. what a dickhead the OP is!

Electrohacker · 05-08-2010, 10:53 PM

did you read his other thread about replacing headlights? he was bitching about how he "HAD" to remove the battery...

Xplorer82 · 05-08-2010, 11:05 PM

i sure did.

05-08-2010, 05:57 PM	#1
jagarundi Wannabe Elite Explorer Brooklyn,NY 1998 Explorer XLT AWD Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 150 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	WHY is it SO COMPLICATED to replace a SIMPLE ANTENNA on my XLT? Why does Ford make the simplest thing SO DAMN COMPLICATED? Looking around this site, this seems to be a common occurence: Antenna breaks off in the car wash at the nub so you have to replace the entire mast and antenna. On ANY OTHER CAR, it's a quick fix. WHY is it so HARD with the Ford? You take off the black cap around the base, unscrew the star-shaped screws and the hex shaped screw around the base and you would THINK all you had to do at that point was to SIMPLY pull up the damn thing. NOT THE CASE!! After doing ALL OF THAT, the pole is STILL ATTACHED TO SOMETHING that you can't see how in the HELL to GET TO!! Does ANYBODY have a CLEAR and CONCISE way, WITH PICTURES on how to remove and replace a damn ANTENNA? This is RIDICULOUS! __________________ So...........Now what?

05-08-2010, 06:00 PM	#2
Electrohacker Wannabe Elite Explorer Clinton Twp, MI '96 XLT V8 4WD Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,258 Vehicle Specs	not you again... give a 5 year old a dollar and he'll get it done with less complaints __________________ it's funny that everyone's embarrassed to drive a station wagon, but drop a truck chassis under it and call it a SUV and suddenly everyone wants one... my truck's build up (in progress)

05-08-2010, 06:03 PM	#3
Electrohacker Wannabe Elite Explorer Clinton Twp, MI '96 XLT V8 4WD Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,258 Vehicle Specs	just checked it on my truck pull up the plastic cover on the mast you will see a hex on the bottom of the mast unscrew the F****** mast screw on the new mast replace cover you could probably use a used mast from the junkyard for $1 __________________ it's funny that everyone's embarrassed to drive a station wagon, but drop a truck chassis under it and call it a SUV and suddenly everyone wants one... my truck's build up (in progress)

05-08-2010, 06:24 PM	#5
Electrohacker Wannabe Elite Explorer Clinton Twp, MI '96 XLT V8 4WD Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,258 Vehicle Specs	I encourage no one to answer him till he becomes more civil BTW I just took full photos of how to replace your antenna mast... you'll get them when you stop being an ass __________________ it's funny that everyone's embarrassed to drive a station wagon, but drop a truck chassis under it and call it a SUV and suddenly everyone wants one... my truck's build up (in progress)

05-08-2010, 06:52 PM	#6
JCat Wannabe Elite Explorer Atlanta 98 Mountaineer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 361 Vehicle Specs	I just replaced mine and it is a powered type. It was so easy! (I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night) __________________ 1998 Mountaineer & Yamaha FXHO WaveRunner 1978 Ford F150 4x4 and 1998 Mountaineer 5.0 4x4 Chrysler Hemi Nissan 350Z Honda CRV 2012 Grizzly SE

05-08-2010, 07:02 PM	#7
Sbyrne97 Wannabe Elite Explorer Mason Neck, Virginia 97' Mountaineer Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 545 Vehicle Specs	if you think a explorer is complitcated...work at a shop...i deal with crap all day, yesterday i had to replace brake lines in a toyota it was a bitch routing them up the firewall and onto the junction...jap cars are small and your hands can never fit anywhere, i think explorers are easy to work on and have a lot of room...compared to some other cars...and...so just get it done and stop complaining __________________ 97 Mounty inherited from my Pop's Warrior 153, TT, Rancho 5000's, PA 853...BFG Mud Terrains KM 33x12.50x15 on Black Steelies/w 4" bs, power slot rotors and hawk pads, Mac intake w/K&N air filter...Stock 5.0!!! gotta love that 302..its getting there

05-08-2010, 07:50 PM	#8
Electrohacker Wannabe Elite Explorer Clinton Twp, MI '96 XLT V8 4WD Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,258 Vehicle Specs	one guy mentioned a power antenna and if thats the case, then it's your own fault for not saying so here's how to fix a normal antenna (because I'm feeling generous, come back talking like an ass again and that might change) pull up the plastic cover on the mast you will see a hex on the bottom of the mast unscrew the F****** mast screw on the new mast replace cover __________________ it's funny that everyone's embarrassed to drive a station wagon, but drop a truck chassis under it and call it a SUV and suddenly everyone wants one... my truck's build up (in progress)

05-08-2010, 07:58 PM	#9
my pos mounty Wannabe Elite Explorer Land of Corruption 06 F-350 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,816 Vehicle Specs	sometimes your just a big softy, Electrohacker

05-08-2010, 08:08 PM	#10
Electrohacker Wannabe Elite Explorer Clinton Twp, MI '96 XLT V8 4WD Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,258 Vehicle Specs	I'm working on ignoring what angers me... and this kid just rubs me wrong __________________ it's funny that everyone's embarrassed to drive a station wagon, but drop a truck chassis under it and call it a SUV and suddenly everyone wants one... my truck's build up (in progress)

05-08-2010, 08:19 PM	#11
my pos mounty Wannabe Elite Explorer Land of Corruption 06 F-350 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,816 Vehicle Specs	I would have never guessed that.

05-08-2010, 09:20 PM	#13
Hitchhikingmike Wannabe Elite Explorer Dallas, Texas '02 XLS Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,524 Vehicle Specs	Electrohacker, you did not specify if the antenna mast is right or left hand threaded. Is it righty-tighty or lefty-tighty? Our guest here may be having some trouble with this particular step. __________________ -Mike

05-08-2010, 09:28 PM	#14
99SportX Wannabe Elite Explorer Duluth, MN '99 Sport Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,933 Vehicle Specs	I think the problem he is having is that the antenna broke off leaving the threaded portion of the antenna inside the base. As a result, he has to take the three torx screws out, remove the inner fender, and replace the base assembly. Inside you will find a screw holding the base to the firewall. It is a long brace that gives the antenna base rigidity. I don't remember exactly how the wiring works for the antenna but you may have to fold out the glovebox (open and pull sides inward then fold all the way down) and disconnect the antenna wire in that area. __________________ '99 Explorer Sport 5.0 AWD t-case with 2wd spindles (identity crisis) '99 Explorer XLT 4.0 SOHC 4x4 for daily driver/off road use

05-08-2010, 09:34 PM	#15
Electrohacker Wannabe Elite Explorer Clinton Twp, MI '96 XLT V8 4WD Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,258 Vehicle Specs	or he could drill into the threaded stump and use and extractor __________________ it's funny that everyone's embarrassed to drive a station wagon, but drop a truck chassis under it and call it a SUV and suddenly everyone wants one... my truck's build up (in progress)

05-08-2010, 10:32 PM	#18
Xplorer82 Wannabe Elite Explorer OH. '97 XLT... '98 Eddie... Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 665 Vehicle Specs	Wow. what a dickhead the OP is! __________________ ┌П┐(-_-)┌П┐ '98 Eddie Bauer. 4x4, 4.0L SOHC. 190k miles and counting, Flowmaster 50 series, Amsoil Ea air filter, 31x10.5" Sumitomo All-Terrain & the dreaded rattle. R.I.P : '97 XLT - it was a good 8yrs..

05-08-2010, 10:53 PM	#19
Electrohacker Wannabe Elite Explorer Clinton Twp, MI '96 XLT V8 4WD Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,258 Vehicle Specs	did you read his other thread about replacing headlights? he was bitching about how he "HAD" to remove the battery... __________________ it's funny that everyone's embarrassed to drive a station wagon, but drop a truck chassis under it and call it a SUV and suddenly everyone wants one... my truck's build up (in progress)

05-08-2010, 11:05 PM	#20
Xplorer82 Wannabe Elite Explorer OH. '97 XLT... '98 Eddie... Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 665 Vehicle Specs	i sure did. __________________ ┌П┐(-_-)┌П┐ '98 Eddie Bauer. 4x4, 4.0L SOHC. 190k miles and counting, Flowmaster 50 series, Amsoil Ea air filter, 31x10.5" Sumitomo All-Terrain & the dreaded rattle. R.I.P : '97 XLT - it was a good 8yrs..