FUBA (antenna) / headliner

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

And that is where everyone always stops.  What about routing the brand
new cable that it comes with?  I need to replace mine all the way up
to the radio.  Please continue with the instructions.


On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:41:31 +0000, Michael Abatzis
<abatzis2@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 1. remove rear weather strip, remove it all the way around the curves on
> either side.
> 2.  carefully peel the headliner off and around the metal ridge. curse as
> you crack it, even though you're being REALLY careful. again, you'll
> probably need to take it off all the way on the top, and down a bit at least
> on one of the sides.
> 3.  if you look where the stitch on the headliner is, about 6 inches forward
> (on the outside), that's where the bar is on the inside.  get underneath the
> bar, lift and pull back (i think) to free from the clips. otherwise, it's up
> and forward.
> 4. voila, fuba. iirc, 19mm nut holding the threaded body of the fuba.
> 5. installation, as they say, is the reverse of removal.  no need to glue
> the headliner back on. hth,
> 
> -Michael Abatzis
> New Orleans!
> 1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP
> 1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...
> 
> >From: "Don Walter" <dswalterwi@tds.net>
> >To: "'C Boyko'" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>,
> ><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: RE: FUBA (antenna) / headliner Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 19:01:02
> >-0500
> >
> >I need to do this to mine as well.  But this is what I remember from
> >previous posts.
> >
> >1) Remove the rear Weather strip at the rear
> >2) Carefully remove the Headliner from under the weather strip
> >3) There are some kind of clips that you need to slide the support
> >bracket off of and then the liner should dropt down.
> >
> >If I can find any links to better instructions I'll let you know.
> >
> >Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> >1969 Beetle
> >1969 Karman Ghia
> >1971 Karman Ghia
> >1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> >1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
> >1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> >1986 1.8 16V Black Scirocco (my new ride)
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> >[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of C Boyko
> >Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 8:16 AM
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: FUBA (antenna) / headliner
> >
> >
> >Okay, a quick one, any tips on how to get at the underside of the roof
> >mounted antenna? I carefully plucked stitches out of the headdliner,
> >only
> >to find that the seam was in fact a tuck, so there still was no access
> >to
> >the nut/cable. The Bentley makes it sound like you unscrew the visors,
> >etc
> >and slide the whole headliner out, I somehow can't see how that would
> >work.
> >Anyway, I'd like a working radio, some of you have done this without
> >headliner damage, LMK.
> >
> >Cathy
> >1987 2L 16V Scirocco - hopefully on the road tomorrow?
> >1979 1.8L 10:1 8V - Klaus- sounds like half a Chevelle
> >"Misery loves company" (Old Proverb)
> >
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-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 1.8 16V Black Scirocco
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)