Anteena stoped again!
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2009
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From: Ft Wayne IN
Anteena stoped again!
I just got this thing working for about a month and it's stoped again. I checked the fuse and relay and they are ok. I am thinking of trying a fixed unit if I can find one that is hiden or not an eye sore. Any reccomendations? Thanks!
Cruising
Joined: May 2012
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From: Normal IL
When I got mine it did not work either, pulled it out manually, man is it ugly, just look up Windshield Electronic FM Radio Antenna on ebay. On my mustang years ago I had the antenna hole welded over and put a "intenna"as it was called it was a thin wire with like cellophane tape and hid it all around perimeter of windshield.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: WV
If the motor runs but the antenna won't go up and down chances are good that its the ribbon that either broke or teeth are stripped....Get a replacement ribbon , pull the antenna body down , open it up, clean out the old ribbon, replace the ribbon and put some de-electric grease on the new ribbon, replace it, and it should work...I did this to mine and it took about an hour..WW
Racer
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: state of insanity
If the motor runs but the antenna won't go up and down chances are good that its the ribbon that either broke or teeth are stripped....Get a replacement ribbon , pull the antenna body down , open it up, clean out the old ribbon, replace the ribbon and put some de-electric grease on the new ribbon, replace it, and it should work...I did this to mine and it took about an hour..WW
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2011
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WOW YOUR GOOD; You got the antenna out of the car,split the body, and installed the new in an hour. what is you removal procedure,i would love to know. i just had to pull ours for the second time. it took me that long to run to the store ,get the beer,pull out the stool, and now i started to work.
Sounds like me 
If the motor aint workin, it could just be a bad contact at the radio, bust-out the little wire brush and the dialectric grease.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,014
Likes: 7
From: Ft Wayne IN
If the motor runs but the antenna won't go up and down chances are good that its the ribbon that either broke or teeth are stripped....Get a replacement ribbon , pull the antenna body down , open it up, clean out the old ribbon, replace the ribbon and put some de-electric grease on the new ribbon, replace it, and it should work...I did this to mine and it took about an hour..WW
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2011
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. Open the dash and put a test light to the antenna out wire and see if it powers-up. Or better yet, see if the power is making it to the relay first.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: WV
WOW YOUR GOOD; You got the antenna out of the car,split the body, and installed the new in an hour. what is you removal procedure,i would love to know. i just had to pull ours for the second time. it took me that long to run to the store ,get the beer,pull out the stool, and now i started to work.
..WW
Last edited by WW7; May 22, 2012 at 07:41 PM.
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