I agree, Brian.  I don't know why things don't fit the first time.  Still,
it's so much hassle and takes so much time to return things and argue with
vendors, I just fixed it myself and let it go at that, especially since it
was only a $10 item.  Chasing justice isn't worth it to me all the
time.  It'll drive a guy crazy.

Charles
'85 Westy

At 04:28 PM 6/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
>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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