Two people have replied saying they ground it down to make it fit. I don't
understand why the antenna was not designed to sit flush on the front of the
van ? If there is one out there that simply works I think I am going to
return this to B.D. It only tightens up on a flat piece of metal why so
complicated ?
Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one out there with this problem,
I thought I must be simple or something to not figure it out.

Thanks Brian,

>Brian I had the same problem with the antenna replacement from the Bus
>Depot.
>  I had to ground down the barb and make the clearance area between the
>barb
>and the body of antenna base wider/bigger so that it would let the antenna
>itself slip further up onto the body of the van.  I  took quite a bit off
>if
>I remember, I think I used a hack saw and then cleaned it up with a hand
>file.
>good luck,
>
>Alan H.
>Mountaintop, PA
>84 vanagon
>87 syncro "Captain Blue"

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