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My son is off to college and I'm trying to store his '95
Accord EX Sedan. The power antenna is stuck in the upright
position. Anyone know how to get it down, without taking
the whole thing apart? Thanks.
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In article <bib57i$kja$1@peabody.colorado.edu>,
fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com spewed forth the
following drivel...
....=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=2E=B7=B0~_=A7L=EBAzZ?_W=EBA=A7=EBL_~=B0=B7?= . wrote:
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....> My son is off to college and I'm trying to store his '95
....> Accord EX Sedan. The power antenna is stuck in the upright
....> position. Anyone know how to get it down, without taking
....> the whole thing apart? Thanks.
....
....When mine broke I just pushed the antenna all the way down manually
....(took some force) and then disconnected the motor. The line to the
....stereo is still there, and it still *works* but reception can be poor,
....so I got and in dash MP3 deck.

Thanks. I've tried forcing it down, but it wouldn't budge
and I do not want to snap it off.

Anyone else with an idea?

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Plan A: Remove the cover to access the motor and wind it back manually.
Plan B: To force it down electronically requires turning the ignition ON and
unplugging the (guessing wildly) yellow wire at the motor unit connector.
Without this wire the motor would go in reverse. First check fuse. If yellow
wire won't work try another then another all the time all wires still
connected.
Worchid

>Thanks. I've tried forcing it down, but it wouldn't budge=20
>and I do not want to snap it off. =20
>
>Anyone else with an idea?=20


>...> My son is off to college and I'm trying to store his '95=20
>...> Accord EX Sedan. The power antenna is stuck in the upright=20
>...> position. Anyone know how to get it down, without taking=20
>...> the whole thing apart? Thanks.
>...
>...When mine broke I just pushed the antenna all the way down manually=20
>...(took some force) and then disconnected the motor. The line to the=20
>...stereo is still there, and it still *works* but reception can be poor,=
>=20
>...so I got and in dash MP3 deck.
>

In article <20030826051453.20904.00000567@mb-m13.aol.com>,
wdyorchid@aol.com spewed forth the following drivel...
.... Plan A: Remove the cover to access the motor and wind it back manually.
.... Plan B: To force it down electronically requires turning the ignition ON and
....unplugging the (guessing wildly) yellow wire at the motor unit connector..
....Without this wire the motor would go in reverse. First check fuse. If yellow
....wire won't work try another then another all the time all wires still
....connected.
....Worchid

thank you
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How about sparying some WD40 onto it and get someone operating the antenna
up and down while you assist it? Maybe it will work. I did the same trick
when my antenna could not go down completely. Good luck.


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In article <bib57i$kja$1@peabody.colorado.edu>,
fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com spewed forth the
following drivel...
....=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=2E=B7=B0~_=A7L=EBAzZ?_W=EBA=A7=EBL_~=B0=B7?= . wrote:
....
....> My son is off to college and I'm trying to store his '95
....> Accord EX Sedan. The power antenna is stuck in the upright
....> position. Anyone know how to get it down, without taking
....> the whole thing apart? Thanks.
....
....When mine broke I just pushed the antenna all the way down manually
....(took some force) and then disconnected the motor. The line to the
....stereo is still there, and it still *works* but reception can be poor,
....so I got and in dash MP3 deck.

Thanks. I've tried forcing it down, but it wouldn't budge
and I do not want to snap it off.

Anyone else with an idea?

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In article <bift0m$9f71@rain.i-cable.com>,
t_perpetuus@hotmial.com spewed forth the following drivel...
....How about sparying some WD40 onto it and get someone operating the antenna
....up and down while you assist it? Maybe it will work. I did the same trick
....when my antenna could not go down completely. Good luck.
....
....
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....news:MPG.19b3af63fb2daab8989980@news-server.swfla.rr.com ???¶?g...
....In article <bib57i$kja$1@peabody.colorado.edu>,
....fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com spewed forth the
....following drivel...
.......=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=2E=B7=B0~_=A7L=EBAzZ?_W=EBA=A7=EBL_~=B0=B7?= . wrote:
.......
.......> My son is off to college and I'm trying to store his '95
.......> Accord EX Sedan. The power antenna is stuck in the upright
.......> position. Anyone know how to get it down, without taking
.......> the whole thing apart? Thanks.
.......
.......When mine broke I just pushed the antenna all the way down manually
.......(took some force) and then disconnected the motor. The line to the
.......stereo is still there, and it still *works* but reception can be poor,
.......so I got and in dash MP3 deck.
....
....Thanks. I've tried forcing it down, but it wouldn't budge
....and I do not want to snap it off.
....
....Anyone else with an idea?
....
....
thanks
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Forced it down slowly with a pair of Channel Lock pliers.
Thanks to all for the help.

In article <bib57i$kja$1@peabody.colorado.edu>,
fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com spewed forth the
following drivel...
....=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=2E=B7=B0~_=A7L=EBAzZ?_W=EBA=A7=EBL_~=B0=B7?= . wrote:
....
....> My son is off to college and I'm trying to store his '95
....> Accord EX Sedan. The power antenna is stuck in the upright
....> position. Anyone know how to get it down, without taking
....> the whole thing apart? Thanks.
....
....When mine broke I just pushed the antenna all the way down manually
....(took some force) and then disconnected the motor. The line to the
....stereo is still there, and it still *works* but reception can be poor,
....so I got and in dash MP3 deck.
....
....I believe the problem with mine is that there is an internal cable that
....has disconnected from the mast. I'm not sure if to fix it will require
....replacing the entire assembly.
....
....

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