[Shotimes] Power Antenna repair revisited

[Ryan J Pasch]

I rebuilt my antenna last year, just took out the old mast and 
installed a new one. I purchased mine from ford. It was a good price, 
probably due to volume sales. I usually run into problems in the winter 
when it gets frozen :/

Ryan J Pasch
SHOCAGO President
www.SHOCAGO.com
1994 Opal Frost MTX
Shoman594@hotmail.com

> Had repaired the antenna on my son's 95 about 6 months ago and just
> recently it broke again.  I attribute the problem to the fact I didn't
> take the time to open up the cable assembly inside the quarterpanel to
> retrieve the broken piece left over from the initial failure.  You 
may be
> tricked by the length of cable left over when you remove the old 
mast, but
> if the antenna fails to fully retract and there is no other visible
> problem, it's most likely the plastic cable inside the mast has 
snapped. 
> When I opened up the casing, I found two 8 inch segments inside.  
Cleaned
> everything back up, reassembled and everything is good again.  A good
> write-up is on SHOTIMES website and was provided by Brian Peters (is 
he
> still around?).
> 
> The other type of repair that would not require opening up the power
> antenna casing is if you bent the mast by accident say by entering the
> garage before the door has fully opened.  This will usually not cause 
the
> plastic geared cable to snap, so you can remove the broken antenna 
without
> leaving any residual pieces in the motor assembly.
> 
> If you find a parts wholesaler, the replacement mast cost I found 
locally
> was $36.  AZ has one listed on their website for $40.
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
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Ryan J Pasch
-SHOCAGO President-
www.SHOCAGO.com
1994 Opal Frost MTX
Shoman594@hotmail.com