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Looking for a replacement hirschmann 6000u antenna set up for my wagon. My motor seems to be working fine--kind of crapped out on me, but I think it was just gunked up. Seems to be working after cleaning it out.

I'm mostly interested in the exterior chrome shield and nut, plus the top most screw-on section of the shaft. So everything from the top shaft threads on up and out.

thanks!

? Why not just buy new ?.

Have they stopped selling the correct Hirschmann ones ? .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Because the complete set up is like $300 and he just needs a feed parts off it

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He only asked for the antenna shaft, it comes with the nut etc. and was slightly over $40 the last time I bought a new German made Hirschmann one.....

I repair these on a fairly regular basis , some cleaning and a new shaft and most work like new again .

No one said anything about $pending $300.00 don't be silly .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Oh ya ok I agree now. He wrote that weird and I read it wrong. I that he was looking for the housing for the motor not the housing for the mast haha lol


Ya you are definitely right!! Just buy it new dude as VW said its like 40 bucks after shipping ...

Waiting to find one used that has no warranty is gonna save u maybe ten bucks

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I learned this the hard way ~ one of my Foster boys bent the top portion then tried to "fix" it and left the antenna looking like a bobby pin .

Of course, SWMBO was driving (I bought this car for her) and didn't notice a thing and no one copped to the stupid thing they'd done .

I went and bought a really nice used $20 power antenna then discovered the wagons use a different electrical plug.... off to get a new shaft and hope the boy didn't wreck the motor/gears .

He didn't, it works again .

Then the tip got bent 'somehow' so even retracted it stands up 4" .

Life goes on .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Yeah, I'm not really looking to just save $10. So I'd be happy to check out any place that sells this stuff new. But I haven't had much luck tracking down the wagon specific parts, and would rather not have to modify anything.

I'm attaching images of the specific thing I'm looking for now, hopefully that helps.

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? You want the upper housing ? .

Plenty of dead antennas out there, be specific as you're showing multiple parts .

That's not the standard four pin wagon plus you're showing....

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I only need the top screw-on part of the shaft. The part that is kind of gold/bronze toned in this particular photo, the part that has the slanted shape to fit against the body of the wagon. I don't know what that plug is from but its the best photo I can find of what I need. Thanks.

O.K., that's a standard and common part, surely someone here will have a dead antenna they'll sell you the part from .

Failing that look on E-Bay for a cheap 'untested' one (this always means: 'I know it's broken but I'm dishonest') and buy it, scavenge the part you need and toss the rest .

Is it safe to assume the delicate threads are damaged on the one you have ? .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

The one I had was glued and kind of broke apart when I removed it from the car. So its gone. I've been searching on ebay with no results. But I'm hoping someone has a parts wagon with a dead antenna they could mine for the parts.

Oh, boy ;

? You tossed out the old part before you had a good one installed and working ?! .

Remember this mistake the next time you buy any rebuilt, 'exchange' part as often you'll get a defective rebuild part and your old part is *gone* because you were to cheap to lay out the $10 core charge....

It now sounds like you're asking for a complete antenna, is that correct ? .

If only the one part, post a photo of what you have and the plug end on the _car_ end so we'll know what you need .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I feel like maybe you are confusing things here, VW. I'm not necessarily looking for a full antenna. I did throw that piece away, because it was actual garbage. The threads were totally marled and it broke apart into a few pieces when I took it out. Someone had already tried to hack it somewhere along the way. I was not considering a core charge as an option, as it was an unrepairable part. I'm not sure I consider this a mistake in this case.

As I mentioned before I am specifically talking about the part that screws onto the shaft, which is gold/bronze toned in the above photo. It's the part that has a threaded fork out to the antenna/radio cable. My antenna is a Hirschmann 6000u/466 model. For a wagon.

O.K. cool ~ indeed I got confuddled reading our posts .

Let's see if this doesn't result in your getting what you need .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I'm still confused why u can't just buy it new?

https://www.google.com/search?q=1980+300td+antenna+mast&oq=1980+300td+antenna+mast&aqs=chrome..69i57.15051j0j4&client=ms-android-americamovil-us&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

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