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Hi all,
Seems my electric aerial on my VP commodore broke half way up through the chrome tubing. I've obatined a replacement consisting of tubing and the extending 'rope' with teeth for the motor to drive.
Next question is how do you get to the aerial to replace the mast, do I prise off the black plastic guard surround and hope for a small nut or do you take a wheel off and start removing inside guards?
cheers,
Ben
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Hi Ben.
You have to remove the aerial assembly from the car, in other words undo & pull back the inner LH guard & also remove the inner trim panel & computer from inside the car to gain access to the mounting bolt. No need to touch the black plastic su |
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Thanks Terry,
Got it out and panels removed etc but now don't have any power to retract it again. wires are as before and properly earthed but nothing. There is a small relay clicking noise when I press up or down but without a second person around I can
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Hi again Ben.
It sounds like you're just about there, but you will find is easier to disconnect it totally from the car & do the repair on the bench using a another battery or a power pack or similar.
The problem you current have is no earth, the mo |
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Thanks again Dr,
I tried to have it earthed with some aligator clips on wire but possibly didn't get a great earth, not enough hands as usual. Will try again when someone is around to press the switch so I can play with wiring and see what happens!
chee
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