When I replaced my antenna with a retractable electric one, I did the
following to remove the old antenna.

Removed the top of the antenna base (screw-on)
There was an inverted "T" arrangement on the antenna base, however the
bottom of the "T" is moveable, so you have to move it, turning the
inverted "T" into an "I". Then the antenna will lift up through the body.

Todd
'88 Westy

Ed Carroll wrote:

> Hello to all. I find this list incredibly helpful and well worth the
> time sorting and deleting.
>
> The old stock antenna broke off, so I bought a new one from Vanagain
> or Bus Depot -- I forget which. Question is, how do I get the old one
> out? The cast base of the old one fits into the oval hole in the hood
> with some kind of Chinese puzzle shapes, and since I never had the
> patience for those things, I can't seem to get it through. So then I
> mistakenly dropped the whole thing down into the bodywork.
>
> Any advice on snaking the base back out through the body or down
> through the dash would be much appreciated.
>
> Ed Carroll
>
> 87 Weekender