power antenna
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power antenna
next project is the power antenna. 84 has an aftermarket radio in the Bose system. It seems to have the correct interface for that system. BUT, the antenna does not go up and down. It is always up. Would be fine with putting a separate switch in to run it up and down. found the antenna wires under the rear cover. I assume the pink is the power line and black is the ground. Has anyone done this and how did you do it? Thanks again in advance.
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Have you found the Antenna Relay under the hatch rear cover? It has a 3-wire connector going to the radio and a 2-wire connector coming from the radio along with a black ground wire.
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Some would suggest a switch on the pink wire, to have your antenna stay down. I put a switch in my '84 on the org wire. This allows me to put the antenna at any height (including full down), and leave it there, or have it work automatic. A switch on the pink does NOT let you put the antenna at an intermediate position. I don't like the constant up-down-up-down-up-down etc.
If you decide to do the org wire switch, you only need one wire from the antenna relay to the switch in your console. There's another org wire in your console circuit that goes to the same CTSY/CLK fuse. Connect one side of your switch to that org wire in the console.
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found the antenna wire group under the hatch cover. Pink, White Black it looks to me. Does have the Bose system. Do not see a relay. There is a connection with 2, 3 wires sets going in. One set is the pink, white, black. There is also a pink and a black wire running thru the grommet to the antenna area. At the connector, the pink seems to be hot at all times. Black seems to be ground. I assume the other is the switched wire you were talking about. Not sure how to proceed from this point. Will try to find the wires as in the diagram
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found the antenna wire group under the hatch cover. Pink, White Black it looks to me. Does have the Bose system. Do not see a relay. There is a connection with 2, 3 wires sets going in. One set is the pink, white, black. There is also a pink and a black wire running thru the grommet to the antenna area. At the connector, the pink seems to be hot at all times. Black seems to be ground. I assume the other is the switched wire you were talking about. Not sure how to proceed from this point. Will try to find the wires as in the diagram
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Whitebird, is there a possibility the PO installed a switch somewhere to control the antenna? It would need to be a three position switch for up-off-down. That's the only way a two wire circuit to your antenna motor could have been "redesigned". The switch (DPDT) would need to be wired to reverse the polarity of the wires for changing direction. If the switch was left "on", and the motor was continuously getting 12 v. it would probably burn out! A "momentary up/off/momentary down" switch would be the best, if someone did that redesign! If a momentary switch was used, you wouldn't have a continuous 12 v. on the two wires to your motor.
