My Antenna Ejected Itself

[big col]

I hadn't driven my R33 for a while and went to start her up, she sounded like she was going to purr but then gave up. So i tried again but to no avail. Giving up, I got out the car only to find the antenna/aerial hanging over the side... it must have raised up once and then when i tried to start the car a second time must have tried raising the already raised antenna lol. Rather then leaving it there hanging over the side I took the rest of the antenna out (the whole 5cm of track left in there).

Anybody know how to put the antenna back in? Are there any guides on the net (preferrably with pictures) cause I'm not too good at this kind of stuff I tried reattaching it myself by starting the car, putting the track back in as far as it would go and turning the car off (hoping it would retract the rest of the track) but it simply did nothing

So for now I'm stuck listening to CDs, which is probably a good thing as the radio is usually terrible! btw I did do a search on the forums but couldnt find anything (especially with people spelling antenna wrong quite often).

Edited November 5, 2006 by big col

[mad082]

it should be the same as what you tried. did the motor try to pull the antenna back in?

otherwise give a car audio place a call and see if they can help.

[R33TOM]

the easiest way to fix it is to take the motor out and take it apart, the motor assembly is very basic and you can just get a new mast or put the original mast back in if the plastic track did not snap.

[gtrchick]

Aslong as the track didnt break its all good, you can do it yourself.

Get someone to operate the radio (on and off) for you as it'll hopefully work this time round.

Turn the radio on, after you cant hear the motor noise anymore, slide the track into the little hole as far as you can without any force, then get the other person to turn the radio off, this should trigger it to wind the track in, aslong as you have the track facing the right way so it grabs into the teeth, it should pull the track down if you gently guide it in.

[Chris Rogers]

close.

remove the antenna assy from the car leaving the power connected .

with the radio on and antenna motor going pusht he cable back in until it grinds. when the motor stops turn the radio off and the cable will go in. it takes two people to do this.

[big col]

Thanks for all the replies! What I tried to do the first time was the right way to fix it, except that I had the track facing the wrong way. The teeth have to face the left side of the car, before I tried it facing the front and the back of the car. Once I had the teeth facing the right way the motor pulled the track back in

Now I know to wait for the antenna to go back down before trying to start the car for a second time if the battery is low