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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 01:00 AM
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Default Antenna not going up

My antenna goes down but not up, it goes up when the radio is on, (about 1/4 up)and it won't budge,
any suggestion to fix it?????
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 12:05 PM
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Default RE: Antenna not going up

It's probably jammed. Pull out the antenna device inside the trunk and take a peak inside it when the antenna's up. Unplugged ofcourse.
 
Old Mar 14, 2007 | 03:04 AM
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I know when its really cold it almost freezes in its place. When mine gets stuck, I push the antenna button up and leave it on and then manually pull it up slowly. It does catch and get back going. Has worked for me.
 
Old Mar 14, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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I give my antenna alube every year to keep things working smoothly. Wrap an old rag around the base of the antenna so you don't drip on your paint.Finda piece of old sponge, soak it withWD-40 and work the lubricant down into the mast sections that are visible. Run the antenna up and down a few times and you should see some definite improvement as the lube works it's way in.

The WD-40 will free up some old grease and grimeas the antenna begins moving again, so keep wiping the mast clean with a rag or paper towel until you haveclean lube with no dirt in the joints.
 
Old Mar 14, 2007 | 01:16 PM
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Acetone clean your Antenna poles
Then use WD-40, Light Oil, Gun Oil to lube up the poles
and then have Antenna go up and down to lube the pole.

That should get it unstuck and moving freely

Good Luck!
 
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