Power Antenna Wiring
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Melting Slicks
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Power Antenna Wiring
There are three wires going to the power antenna of my '04 Vert....orange, drk green, black. According to the wiring diagram, orange is hot all the time, black is frame/ground/return and drk green is from the radio that supplies the relay coil current for up and down.
I have the power antenna on my work bench to replace the mast. I applied fused +12V to orange, negative/return to black...nothing happened. Added fused +12V to drk green....nothing happened.
The antenna motor worked fine when removed an hour earlier.
What am I doing wrong here?
I have the power antenna on my work bench to replace the mast. I applied fused +12V to orange, negative/return to black...nothing happened. Added fused +12V to drk green....nothing happened.
The antenna motor worked fine when removed an hour earlier.
What am I doing wrong here?
Melting Slicks
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From: Conyers Georgia
Are you testing it with the relay in the loop ? When I repaired my seat for the rocking, while it was out I hooked up 12v and it worked just fine forward and backward. Just a thought
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Melting Slicks
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From: Green Valley Arizona
According to the wiring diagram, the up/down relay is within the power antenna assembly, so yes the relay is in the loop, not able to bypass it unless I get onto the circuit board with test leads.
Nevermind....found the problem. The fuse was blown. Looked good, but when checked with a continuity checker, it was blown. I should have known.
Thanks.
Nevermind....found the problem. The fuse was blown. Looked good, but when checked with a continuity checker, it was blown. I should have known.
Thanks.
Last edited by LannyL81; Mar 22, 2024 at 11:02 AM.
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When we bought our car it had a head unit with indash CD player which we replaced with a Sony BT CarPlay model that we appreciate very much. It also has FM that brings in a full range of stations with the antenna retracted. It’s still operational just unplugged though.
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Good job!!!
