Yeah the grill and headlight need to come out.  My old one was beat to hell
and back so getting the "nut" off of it was pretty tough.  I put in an
cheapy universal replacement which is holding up great so far.  I cut the
antenna cable at base of the old antenna and tape that to the plug of the
new one.  I then pulled the stereo and used the old antenna cable to pull
the new one through.  There are lots of articles in the archives about this
as well as at www.vanagonauts.com of more directly at
http://www.vanagonauts.com/[66.-]Antenna-125.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregor Brandt" <gbrandt@MARIONETTE.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 16:13
Subject: Putting in new antenna

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to put in a new antenna and am having a hell of  a time
> reaching back there. Do I have to take off the grill and headlight to
> do the change over?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gregor
>