So yea, I did a bit of rewiring(& cleaning ends of wire connections) under the hood of the car and found that the antenna no longer goes up. Just all of a sudden. No sounds coming from the motor either when the switch is pushed up or down. It used to work perfect.
How do these normally fail? Do they usually completely go dead or do the motors usually keep working and they just grind gears?
Here's what I did under the hood:
I installed a new 15" 2 gauge + battery cable (from battery to solenoid). (Some previous owner/mechanic had a way too long 6 gauge cable in there that had to be folded over itself a number of times.)
Pulled all the wires off the fender solenoid and cleaned the ends of them- reinstalled
Checked and cleaned the ends of wire connections at the factory alternator,
General look over of everything else and then reinstalled the battery and reconnected.
Went inside the car and all seemed well, I reset the clock. Turned key to acc mode to turn the radio on and see if I needed to reset the pre set channels. That's when I noticed nothing from the antenna motor in the back. Is there some connection I could have missed under the hood that would kill power to only the antenna? Radio still works like it should, I checked related fuses under the dash.
I pulled the panel apart in the back to make sure everything was still plugged in(I was messing around in the trunk and had all the panels out about a month ago) and the motor is still plugged in. Anybody got a schematic for checking if it's getting power? If I remember correctly, I think it had a 4 wire connector going to the motor. Not sure off hand how I should test that with the multi meter. I was expecting a 2 wire set up.
What do you think?
How do these normally fail? Do they usually completely go dead or do the motors usually keep working and they just grind gears?
Here's what I did under the hood:
I installed a new 15" 2 gauge + battery cable (from battery to solenoid). (Some previous owner/mechanic had a way too long 6 gauge cable in there that had to be folded over itself a number of times.)
Pulled all the wires off the fender solenoid and cleaned the ends of them- reinstalled
Checked and cleaned the ends of wire connections at the factory alternator,
General look over of everything else and then reinstalled the battery and reconnected.
Went inside the car and all seemed well, I reset the clock. Turned key to acc mode to turn the radio on and see if I needed to reset the pre set channels. That's when I noticed nothing from the antenna motor in the back. Is there some connection I could have missed under the hood that would kill power to only the antenna? Radio still works like it should, I checked related fuses under the dash.
I pulled the panel apart in the back to make sure everything was still plugged in(I was messing around in the trunk and had all the panels out about a month ago) and the motor is still plugged in. Anybody got a schematic for checking if it's getting power? If I remember correctly, I think it had a 4 wire connector going to the motor. Not sure off hand how I should test that with the multi meter. I was expecting a 2 wire set up.
What do you think?
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