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OK guys, I?ve done a lot of reading on the forum. I started out with an antenna mast that would only go down and stop about 8 inches away from the bodywork. Meaning it would not go all the way down. So I ordered a new antenna mast and ribbon cable from one of the online vendors. I just put it in, and it?s a little better, but it still sticks up about 4 inches above the bodywork. When I run the antenna down, there is about 1 1/2 to 2 full seconds of motor spinning time where the mask doesn?t move at all. I had the interior of the motor gear set totally apart today. The gears didn?t seem all that bad, but I?m wondering if I have a gear problem. Thoughts?
Also, when I took the gear assembly apart, there was not any small fragment of ribbon cable left in there. It just feels like the motor isn?t running long enough to pull the antenna all the way down. It goes up just fine. Also, I measured the entire length of the old antenna mast on the new one. The new one is about 4 inches longer, almost all of which is in the length of the ribbon cable.
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This is the product I ordered.
https://www.theantennasource.com/CHE...3-1997%20.html
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Any other thoughts before I order a whole new assembly?
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I have never had luck with just a mast. Usually part of the old mast is broke off inside the motor. This is likely why your new mast won't feed all the way down.
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A couple thoughts:
Did ya get all of the old ribbon out? Take it apart to check. Is the antenna assembly half way thru it?s cycle when it grabs the new ribbon? Sometimes it takes some screwing around, on/off with the key, making sure it?s at the end of it?s Out cycle when Ya try to feed in the new ribbon etc. It?s a 2 person job, one on the key the other screwing with the antenna I?ve done a few of them and sometimes ya just hafta walk away, have a beer and try again later... Don?t buy that whole new antenna assembly yet... |
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Yes, there is nothing in there. I had the motor assembly (at least the part with the plastic spool area) completely apart in my hands. It does NOT have any segments of ribbon left in it.
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throw it away and buy a new one,the frustration alone is worth it
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