Leak from aerial

[Pugman406]

Hi guys, got in my car this morning and it was wet all round the gear stick, i felt the roof area around the interior light and it was soaked.

Since then ive noticed the aerial was turned a bit (as if the wind has caught it), as if its come loose, So will tightening it up stop the leak or is there a rubber seal beneath it?

Any help much appreciated.

[robb]

dont know if theres a rubber seal but I was advised by the guys on here to reseal it ,which seems to have done the business used black silicone around the ariel without undoing it

[gumby6371]

I changed the aeriel base on mine 2 weeks ago and there was no seal other than the rubber of the base itself. (Due to a snapped aeriel not leakage)

As advised on here I got a new courtesy light from Pug as they are fragile and do indeed break when removing them. (about £12 i think from memory)

Went to my local motor factors and picked up a new aeriel and base for £7 (not genuine pug but looks identical)

Job done for less than £20

Much improved radio reception and no leakage due to nice new rubber

Black silicone will certainly do the job but if you're like me smearing silicone all over my paintwork is never going to end well !!!

[Pugman406]

black silicone it is then !

thanks

[plod]

And what's wrong with clear silicone

When I did mine I filled the gap underneath the base with silicone, and smeared abit more on the base as well.
Cleaned off as much as I could, and next day found a bit more excess and simply peeled it off.

[robb]

Nowt wrong with clear silicone its one of my best friends just used black as I use a lot sealing black worktops and it matches the ariel

[Harshan]

did change the base couple of years back and still no issues or leaks whatsoever.. didn't use any silicone glue if I recall correct. Further, managed to remove courtesy light and the surrounding pannel twice so far without cracking the brittle thing.

[mjb]

Further, managed to remove courtesy light and the surrounding pannel twice so far without cracking the brittle thing.

Ahh you must have the new design of light they came up with around late 1997 ?

[Harshan]

Further, managed to remove courtesy light and the surrounding pannel twice so far without cracking the brittle thing.

Ahh you must have the new design of light they came up with around late 1997 ?

Errr, I don't think so as mine is late 96 (November precisely) D8. Something to do with mine is being tropicalized and added little bit of patience me thinks.

[pug406glx]

how do you remove the light to get to the areial from the inside?

thanks

[rwb]

If you look closely at the light, at the drivers side there is a slight notch in the plastic where you can get a flat-blade screwdriver or pen-knife in to prise it out. Actually, you can't see it in the picture below, but I went to the trouble of taking the picture you you're going to have go look at it anyway



Then there are some screws to take out to get the whole light out.

What is this thing on the back of it?



The final puzzle, and the point at which I failed, is: what is this thing on the bottom of the aerial, and how do you get it off?

I expect the answer is 'pull it', but I am always (too) cautious about applying force.

[mjb]

If you look closely at the light, at the drivers side there is a slight notch in the plastic where you can get a flat-blade screwdriver or pen-knife in to prise it out.

That's the new style of light, used after somewhere around 1997-1998. If memory serves that light has two small metal clips either side of the notch, whereas the old style only has one large clip just behind the notch, which never wants to come out

What is this thing on the back of it?

Temperature sensor, behind a small fan.

The final puzzle, and the point at which I failed, is: what is this thing on the bottom of the aerial, and how do you get it off?

That's a metal cup. The aerial mount has a threaded bit which comes through the roof. On the inside, there's washers, the aerial wire fitting and a nut which are all contained in that cup.

The best way to get it off that I've found is to unscrew the aerial mount from outside, trying not to scratch the paint too much.

[rwb]

Well I at last managed to answer my question: prise it out with a penknife.

It looks like this:


Here's the aerial base without that thing off:


The nut wasn't very tight
I got it off with a pair of pliers.
The nut has a washer attached to it; the washer is free to rotate.


The new aerial is slightly less bent than the old one

The new aerial base has the number 9 on it but the old one has number 11. Don't know what that's all about.

The two plugs on the aerial base have soft plastic round them which is clearly supposed to seal the hole, but I'm not leaving it to chance.

[rwb]

[rwb]

Oh, and the whirring I hear when I turn the ignition on is the fan for the temperature sensor.

And the fan was full of horrid black fluff. Now I am full of horrid black fluff