Replacing a Power Antenna: Transfer Mounting Bracket

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Nate McCullough, on behalf of Expert Village. In the following clips, we're going to talk about some of the common failures with your power antenna, and how to remove and replace one. In this clip, we're going to talk about transferring our mounting bracket from our old antenna, this is the factory antenna, to our universal antenna. They don't send it with a mounting bracket, because your vehicle is going to come with one, and the manufacturers of the universal one, intend for you to reuse it. As you can see, the bracket is right here. It's held on by two screws, and I'm going to take it, and put it in there, and undo the screws. The factory has some wiring zip tide to my bracket. I'll go ahead and snip that off there, and that's our bracket. We're going to be reinstalling our bracket on to, as you can see here, it's got writing on it that says, 94 Probe, and a couple of other smudged marks on it. You have three choices, when it comes to virtually any replacement component. You have original equipment, or they call OEM, from the factory. It could be a dealership part. They will be the most expensive that you can find. They'll be brand new, built exactly to factory specifications. We did not opt for that option, just due to cost restraints. You have after market, which is, you can buy a part, and it will be very similar to the dealership part, and install it, and cut and splice into the factory wiring, and make your connections that way, and you have the junkyard part, which I have here in my hands. For cost purposes, I've listed them to you in order. The dealership is the most expensive. The after market is middle of the road, and the used part is going to be the very cheapest. You can also install a power antenna, where you never had one before, if you would like to. There is always a signal wire, from the vehicle, which is radio on. You can splice into that. There will be directions that come with your after market power antenna. Follow them to the letter. You may need a couple of more supplies, than come in the package, however, what comes in the package, will cover just about seventy five percent of the vehicles out there. What I'm going to do, is take my bracket, and slip it over where the bolt holes are, and start my screws. That there is the proper way to install your factory bracket, onto either your factory power antenna motor, after market, or used one."