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Buggy Whip Repair, $3 and 45min work.
| Have you ever broken your Buggy Whip by driving it into the
trailer, forgetting about the antenna? Yep, been there, done that. Buggy whips cost about $40 new,
but if you need to repair one to save
time or money, here's a process to extend the life of your whip antenna.
This may be helpful to make a spare antenna, or simply give yourself an excuse
to work in the garage one night. You can repair a buggy whip many
times, maybe 6 or 7 times, until it's too short to use.
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| When you drive your buggy into an enclosed trailer and
forget to take off your antenna it usually breaks off and looks like this. If
only the very bottom of your fiberglass antenna is splinted, say 2 to
5 inches,
this kind of break can be repaired fairly easy.
If the antenna is split all the way up, it's trash, just go buy another
one.
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| This is what the base typically looks like. If the
threads are OK it's very likely you can repair this mishap fairly
quick and easy. |
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| First of all you'll need to buy a replacement RCA jack from
Radio Shack, or other electronics store. It's important the threads on
the jack are 1/4" diameter. Usually they are all that size.
These jacks cost about $1.50 if you can find them individually, but Radio
Shack sells them in a "4 pack" for about $5.
Just save the extras for the next mind fart when you forget to remove the
antenna ;-) |
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| The jacks come with a nut and a ground washer. You
won't need those, so remove them and throw away. |
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| This is all you'll need for your antenna repair,
along with some 5min epoxy.
For the first timer, you may want to buy epoxy that take 90 minutes to
setup. That will allow more time for you to take your time during the
assembly process. |
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