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Antenna mast replacement failure.
Last summer the toothed plastic leader in my NB antenna mast broke.
When I turned the radio on or off, the motor in the trunk would whir for 10-15 seconds but the antenna didn't move. So I unplugged the three-wire connector from the motor assembly and left the antenna in the "up" position over the winter. This week I got a replacement mast, and followed the generally accepted replacement procedu take motor assembly out of trunk, disassemble it, remove old toothed plastic leader, re-install motor assembly in trunk. But, when I got to the point where you try to feed in the new mast/leader I get nothing. There's just dead silence from the motor assembly when I turn the radio on and off -- it doesn't even try to move. The owner's manual shows two fuses labelled "auto antenna" (one under the hood, one next to the driver's left knee). Both are OK. I took the motor assembly apart again and I can spin the motor shaft by hand and it spins freely and feels like a high-speed DC motor is supposed to feel. Since I had it appart anyway, I reassembled it with the antenna mast installed in the down position (seems a bit simpler than trying to feed the leader in while the motor is spinning). But, the motor still doesn't spin. Any ideas what to do next? -- Grant |
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