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On my 945T (a wagon), it took me probably 20 minutes to replace my antenna. Now that I've done it once and know where everything is, I could probably do it in 10 minutes or less. Now, this is assuming that your antenna is just worn out or jammed, but that your motor which actually raises or lowers the antenna is still working.
It's not a hard job. Here are the instructions from the Haynes manual for the sedan with an automatic antenna on the trunk (or, as this book says, for a saloon with an automatic aerial in the boot):
1. Disconnect the battery negative lead
2. Open the boot and remove the left-hand side trim.
3. Remove the nuts and cover which secure the aerial tube to the rear wing (see illustration)
4. Disconnect the aerial signal and power leads (see illustration)
5. Remove the tube and drive securing nuts and bolts. Withdraw the aerial into the boot.
1st picture shows that the aerial tube nut and cover is the little piece that slips over the antenna on the outside of the car. And the 2nd picture is showing the disconnecting of the lead signal, which is the black wire next to what appears to be a plastic (or metal) tube.
At IPD a new antenna runs ~ $26.50. And once you do put a new one on, keep in mind that your owner’s manual tells you to occasionally clean your antenna with WD-40 (once every 10,000 miles, if I remember that part of the manual correctly).
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