Thread: UHF installation and chirpie sounds.

Gday mate I have a d2 and I think the overhead consoles are similar in the d1. I have an old school gme cb hanging from there which is quite heavy and no probs yet and also had a similar size/weight uhf mounted in the same spot on my last d2 as well without problems. I tried picking up power in the plug that I assume was for the sunroof but could not find any wires that were actually powered and the fuse for the sunroof is in but ended up putting it in the too hard basket and ran new wires which was'nt that hard. My wires/coax cant be seen and are run up behind the plastic pillar cover to the top and I found if youre gentle can pull the rooflining out slightly where it meets the windscreen and tuck in there. When you get to around the centre feed the wires/coax into the cavity that has the removable panel in the centre of the overhead (d2 I think d1 similar) I think it the spot the sunroof switches are normally and there is your power/earth and coax ready to hook up.

Hope that makes sense

Sorry cant help ya much on the other questions

Steve

Welcome,

Sounds like the cb mounting has been covered.

It may not make a difference in this case but it helps if you tell us more details about your car. Diesel or petrol, auto or manual? Model year can also help.

Does the cheeping sound come from the engine compartment?

With the serpentine belt on the 300 Tdi and the later V8s, there are bearings in the fan belt tensioner and idler pulleys, the thermo fan, water pump etc.

Best get your bonnet up and have a listen with the engine going.

My UHF is just mounted to the plastic trim covring the transmission tunnel on the driver's side up under the dash and seems fine there. Plenty of power pickup options under the dash. My trailer controller is also in that area, but mounted to the dash.
My aerial is on the bullbar. I was told if it was put on the spare wheel carrier the body of the vehicle might interfere with the signal.
I used to have a chirp, but it went away after the alternator was rebuilt. Not sure if that is your cause, of course.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

Welcome,

Sounds like the cb mounting has been covered.

It may not make a difference in this case but it helps if you tell us more details about your car. Diesel or petrol, auto or manual? Model year can also help.

Does the cheeping sound come from the engine compartment?

With the serpentine belt on the 300 Tdi and the later V8s, there are bearings in the fan belt tensioner and idler pulleys, the thermo fan, water pump etc.

Best get your bonnet up and have a listen with the engine going.

thanks slug burner. yea i was gona look under the bonnet this w/e and have a listen n see if i can pin point, i thought id just ask in case it was a common issue. i also thought i had stated all the details.

its a 300tdi 1996 manual disco 1.

Could be belt tensoiner or incorrect belt length.

Chirping can be pulleys, but can also maybe be dry/worn uni joints. Check if the chirp is consistent with road speed or engine speed. Listen for the sound, then change revs - gear up or down keeping a consistent road speed. If the noise changes with revs, probably pulley/tensioner related, if it does not, probably driveshafts or driveline related.

Also, mounted my cb antenna to the spare wheel carrier, no signal issues. Cb mounted on the roof console, with a remote connector to the speaker mic so it doesn't dangle down in front of my eyes. No mounting problems. Had to run power to the roof console, but was no problem and did it at the same time as running coax for antenna. Simon