Aerial won't come off - is it me?

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I have finally got round to getting a new aerial as the present one doesn't come off or fold away, so I cannot use the car cover I've got, but...

Try as I might I cannot get the old aerial off! It is one of those fixed, black plastic springy ones. I assume you need to hold the bottom plastc nut while turning the bolt ontop - it turns and turns but only comes away a few mm Is this the correct way to remove it? Am I going to need to resort to a hack saw?

Who said TVR's fall to bits

[brioss]

Sorry cant really help, but I gave up trying to remove the aerial. Good luck.

[Podie]

I had an electric jobbie on mine... on the top there was a ring which had to be unscrewed...

[shnozz]

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I have finally got round to getting a new aerial as the present one doesn't come off or fold away, so I cannot use the car cover I've got, but... Try as I might I cannot get the old aerial off! It is one of those fixed, black plastic springy ones. I assume you need to hold the bottom plastc nut while turning the bolt ontop - it turns and turns but only comes away a few mm Is this the correct way to remove it? Am I going to need to resort to a hack saw? Who said TVR's fall to bits

i had the same problem and took a hacksaw to it to remove the thing.

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Used the hacksaw in the end - came off without too much trouble.

New aerial now fitted. Doesn't sound great but will do - I mainly use CD anyway. Quality might be down to it being a cheap Halfords Aerial or my fairly poor wiring ability (centre wire kept breaking ) - although it did sound better once I connected the earth up too