How to remove the antenna?

[filippomasoni]

Hello, I'm trying to remove the antenna of my single cab Ford Ranger 2022. I'm building a truck camper and don't want to lose 7cm of space in the cabover just to keep the radio antenna.

I've tried following the advice here but the single cab is quite different, shorter headliner with 2 hooks at the back, see photos attached.

I've talked to the dealer service and they told me it's easy just remove those caps, there should be a screw and then the headliner comes off. He said if I'm careful I could probably unbolt the antenna without removing other trim pieces of the pillars.

The problem is I've tried removing the cap but it's actually another hook and pulling it off reveals a hole where I can see the painted metal of the roof, but no visible screws or anything. I tried pulling but the plastic doesn't move, looks like it's fastened to the metal and the headlines moves around a bit but it's clearly held in place by that plastic hook, I'm afraid to break it if I pull it too much.

Any experience with how to remove these things? Does anybody have a workshop manual for the single cab?

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[filippomasoni]

Nevermind I managed to take those off. I just had to pull them really hard, feels like you're gonna brake them but it works. Maybe pulling from top or bottom works a bit better.
The headliner is really stiff though, so I don't have enough room to reach my hand in there, I'll have to remove the seatbelt as well, now I need to find a T47 torx which surprising is hard to find.

 

[Rhino]

Has anyone found a smaller shark fin? I hate how tall this thing is and it hits my garage! I want something more low profile!

 

[filippomasoni]

Has anyone found a smaller shark fin? I hate how tall this thing is and it hits my garage! I want something more low profile!

I ended up removing it and sealing with a small sheet of PVC over the hole. The radio and phone reception when on Bluetooth is still good, I didn't see any difference and all of that circuitry inside the fin seems unnecessary. Unless that's got the GPS unit even if I don't have a sat nav... Now I have room for my truck camper.

 

[RaygerRanger]

Confirmed that the Ranger antenna base comes off like other Ford shark fin antennas. It isn't difficult, but it takes some time.

Remove rear grab handles.
Loosen the top part of of C-pillar trim lower half (or completely remove the trim piece).
Remove upper rear seat belt bolts (T47 torx).
Loosen and remove upper C-pillar trim.
Carefully pull the rear portion of the headliner downward enough to get your hands above it. If you have the sliding rear window, the top window track is in the way of dropping the headliner down, but you can work it past that.
With the rear sliding window open, you can easily reach in above the headliner and access the bottom side of the antenna.
Grab an 8mm ratcheting wrench or small ratchet with an 8mm socket and remove the bolt and clip holding the antenna base on. You might be able to squeeze the metal retaining clip enough to pop the antenna base up and off the roof, but I couldn't get it so I just removed the bolt and clip.
Unplug the 2 connectors seen in the pics.

I can get more pics if needed.

Does anyone know what the two connections are for?

Mine broke off and just got a universal antenna base as a replacement but it only has a single antenna connector. Thanks for any help.

 

[RangerBill]

Does anyone know what the two connections are for?

Mine broke off and just got a universal antenna base as a replacement but it only has a single antenna connector. Thanks for any help.

One is the power for the antenna (preamp) and the other is the AM/FM antenna connection. If you have a third connection, it is for the satellite antenna.

 

[RaygerRanger]

One is the power for the antenna (preamp) and the other is the AM/FM antenna connection. If you have a third connection, it is for the satellite antenna.

Thanks bro, I'll check for voltage before installing the universal antenna.

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