Re: Power Antenna
Posted by Leeedy On 2016/3/31 13:30:06
Remember that these old power antennas were not automatic, just power. In newer cars with automatic power antennas there were usually limit switches or tension switches or other automatic electronic means of starting and stopping the antenna motor when the radio is turned on/off.
In Packards, you had to operate the switch to go up or down. So there was no need to stop or start the motor inside the antenna assembly as in newer cars. So of course, if you hook power to the motor, it will continue to run.
Of course, if the antenna motor(s) continues to run after releasing the switch... the culprit is more likely a sticking switch and not the antenna assembly.
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