Wagon Hirschmann antennas are different .
The Sedans and coupes more or less interchange , there's different support brackets depending on the length of the tube between the motor and the fender .
Plus , some have smaller pins in the electrical plug , be sure to look in your trunk and see what typ you have before paying any $ at the junkyard .
99 % of the time , if it's fully retracted , it's fine and needs only cleaning the mast then lubricating it with some silicone spray on a rag to make it work properly .
Some have a rubber pop in fender grommet , others have a chrome screw on part .
There are only two different masts , some have teeth on the nylon drive cable , some do not .
I've had mixed but mostly good results using the wrong mast in the wrong motor .
Unless you're a fanatical fool like me , it's *much* easier to $pend le$$ and buy a nice Japanese made Harada power antenna , new they're under $50 and the old ones in Camry's etc. all work fine and cost about $15 .
I like my original Hirschmann power antennas and clean and lubricate the mast with silicone every month or so or whenever it begins to squeal or not go all the way up or down and SWMBO complains.....
-Nate
Lawrence wrote :
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> Are the antennas for all W123 models the same. Can they be interchanged? Is
> there a hack to eliminate extender and just use a standard mast? Lawrence
> Rhodes.......I own a TD now but I have an antenna from a sedan somewhere.
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