its a sunny saturday morning here ..... hope where you are too

the antenna on the '89 vert goes up and down but won't retract completely .... sticks out about 4" and i can still hear the motor ( 2 clicks) trying to bring it down completely

easy fix ? or replacement ?

 

I'm pretty sure it's something mechanically screwed up inside the motor--mine does that and I have a brand new antenna mast from Mazda. Go to the mazdatrix website and look at their antenna mast writeup. Pull the motor, check the mast to see if it's broken. If it's not, you need to find another antenna motor.

 

Sometimes the end of the retractor 'reel' breaks off about 4 inces or so from the end. This broken piece then gets jammed in place and prevents the mast from retracting fully. Open the mechanism and clean it out os broken parts and old grease, relube it, and insert a new mast.

 

u know what, mechanical antennas are crap. i took mine off because it would only go like halfway up, had shitty reception, and popped the wing out. i would reccomend the rubber (shorter) antennas the have at autozone/pepboys for like $10. the only thing that sux is if u have a wing its a bitch to take off. well at least in my turbo2

 

thats exatly what i have been to lazy to do for 3 yrs I just litely press in the ant. when i get out to cause it to retract fully

 

just get a hidden antenna like i did. either force your old one down, or take it out completely. hidden ones are pretty nice.

 

Thats what I did, and i didnt have any trouble getting the spoiler off.

 

hell yea! i was thinkin about doing that too. my antenna's as whack as any of your guys' . it looks better than just having that crap stick out.

 

mine doesn't go up at all AFTER i installed a CD player. what do you think causes it coz i can't pick up any station.

 

LOL.

See the blue (?) wire in your dash, touch it to your new cdplayer (decks) ant/amp line. It will complete the relay so the antenna goes up.

if its not blue, check, I'm pretty sure its blue with white line/stripe

 

It only takes 5 minutes (3 nuts?) to remove the housing from a vert. And no time at all to open it.

Take the time, having to press on it gets tired, and it only gets worse in hot weather.

 

... and IMO it looks like crap compared to the hidden or extended antenna.

 

??? whats that mean?

 

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It means I think thouse little bobtail antennas look bad. Like they don't belong on the car.

 

^ +1

still not sure what the problem is though .. mast or motor or just adjustment. didn't have time to take it apart .... I guess i have to remove the plastic trunk liner to get at it