Hey guys, well I just got my power antenna cord/mast in the mail today from antennax on ebay. I thought this would be a piece of cake buuuut I have no clue how to put it in lol. Where do I attach the cord to inside the motor? The old one was totally broken so I dunno where it was attached originally.

I included pictures to make the explanation easier.



The new thing, although I noticed it's a little thicker. You think that'll be a problem?



And how do I get the old antenna out of this tube?

 

You may have received the wrong part, but I can't be sure. Try pushing the old antenna straight out the bottom of the tube and then clean and lube the tube with some oil before putting the new antenna in.

I know that when I did the one on my Grand Prix, I got a used one from the junkyard that I could actually take apart (the one on the GP was plastic welded together instead of using screws), and I took the whole antenna tube right out of the older one, cleaned it up, and put it back in.

What you need to do first is get the new antenna in the tube. Then, you need to pull out the motor (armature) and wind the plastic runner part of the new antenna onto the large white gear (probably best with the mast extended as it's a real pain to wind almost 3' of nylon onto that gear with it hanging out of the housing all over the place). Put the armature back in, put everything back together, and check the antenna by plugging it in. If it doesn't work, you will need to lift up on the large nylon gear and spin the gears underneath that engage the current cutoff disc (this disc spins after the large gear has stopped and acts as a circuit breaker by aligning one of the motor contacts with a nylon pad while allowing the other to drop onto the metal disc to reverse the direction of the current through the motor). Then put it back together again and try it again.