Power Antenna Help Needed...

[Funner]

The antenna works good (up/down) when I supply 12V directly to the connector that is directly attached to the motor. I also replaced the mast and inspected the motor and gears and they all look very good.

I suspect that the controller is not getting a signal from the sensor (relay?) near the motor. Because of that it is not allowing me to move the antenna up/down with the buttons. Not sure what else I can do other than replace the motor cover.

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I am going to make a last ditch effort and double-check that it is getting a good ground. The bracket that grounds the antenna to the body is quite oxidized so I may run a ground directly to it and see what happens.

Have you tested the switch? How's the continuity across the terminals?

 

[mtkreitz]

Where does the 4 pin connector hook into the antenna assembly? The two pin one; I have that hooked up but the I'm not seeing where the 4-pin one goes. I bought a NOS antenna off ebay when PO's fixed antenna was snapped off.

Got it all hooked up tonight; through the firewall, etc. Radio plays but no up/down action.

edit: Shoot; didn't realize I was posting on a clubhouse thread. Well, any assistance is greatly appreciated all the same. I'm also realizing that I have a 97 and that perhaps those antennas were different from all the other years for the 80

Sorry for the delay... I have not had a chance to test re-grounding the antenna but from the voltage tests that I performed on the 4-pin connector I have concluded it won't make a difference, thus my lack of urgency to test the ground.

The LX450 probably has different plugs for the antenna. I have seen other years and the antennal has just the 2-pin plug. Might have something to do with the auto up/down functionality that the later models had.