Re: Power Antenna Wiring

Posted by JeffM On 2008/12/20 14:24:03

Houston, we have lift off!

For everyone who helped, thank you so much! I love fixing things!

All said and done, I believe the wire from the knob that fell off was not the real culprit as I had no motor engagement even with the "lowering" wire attached.

When I blew the fuse, I figured the motor had to be mounted and/or the ground wire from the power wires/antenna bundle inside the fender had to be attached to the ground post.

I can't say I 100% understand, but my guess was the ground was required for power and it was not grounded right.

So, the antenna goes down until it protrudes above fender maybe 10". It goes up - way, way up! The thing must be 5' long!

There is not an automatic shut-off when it reaches max height or complete lowering. I can continue to push or pull the nob and hear motor continuing beyond max height or lowering. Is this normal? I have fear of breaking something (i.e. the nylon cable) by accidentally pushing or pulling the knob too long.

P.S. HH, I still don't know where you are getting these bulletins and schematics. I looked in the bulletins section, and under accessories. There are references to a few bulletins regarding the antenna, but there are no links to those. I must be missing an entire section of this site.