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new power antenna not going down 850

posted by  cfb1022 on  Sun Oct 10 09:01 CST 2004
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I just installed a new power antenna. It went up fine, but did not go down when powered off. I noticed that when I spliced the wiring for the new motor onto the old plug, there was an extra black wire on the old plug. I assumed that was a ground wire, but I installed the new ground wire to the car and just taped up that black wire. Is that wire needed to retract the antenna?
If so, what do I attach it to? If not, then any guesses on what I did wrong.
I have a 97 850.
thanks
Chris








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new power antenna not going down 850

posted by  someone claiming to be Stormin Norman on  Mon Oct 11 09:16 CST 2004 [RELATED]

The OEM antenna has a relay attached so a positive voltage is applied to raise the antenna and the reverse polarity to bring the antenna down. The motor runs in the opposite direction when the polarity is reversed. Ya gotta have the relay assembly. Did you buy the correct antenna or some universal POS? The correct antenna comes with the relay installed.







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