j30t power antenna help

[msudawgs98]

When I bought my J30 last month, I noticed that the antenna was broken and needed to be replaced. So, I got on e-bay and was able to buy the whole antenna assembly. I thought it was goin to be a simple plug and play but as I turned on my radio, nothing happened and when I turned off the radio, the antenna raised up. I was confused. One note is that the previous owner had replaced the stock Bose system with a pioneer head unit and he did some wiring to make the speaker work somehow. Anyway, there is a slew off rats nest wires in the dash that I didn't know where to start. I opted to look at the power antenna end (trunk to see whether I can just reverse the polarity of the wires so that it will work opposite from how it is working now. I noticed that the power antenna itself (motor) has 5 wires (red, black, brown, blue/red, and yellow) in the male connector. The connector coming from the head unit itself only has 3 wires (black, yellow/red, and green/orange) in the famale connector. My question is which of these wires can I switch so that I can get a desirable result from my power antenna. I need help!

[elwesso]

I say you just get the antenna up and unplug the motor so it stays there.....

[VimyJ]

Leaving the 4 foot antenna extended makes for a difficult time in a car wash.

[msudawgs98]

leaving the antenna up seems like a good call but i don't want to forget it once i go through a car wash. i really want to make this work. i know there's some electrical gurus in this forum that may figure this problem out.

[elwesso]

Hit me up for an email and I can send you wiring diagrams.....

[Mayhem_J30]

I say you just get the antenna up and unplug the motor so it stays there.....

Ha! I did just the opposite. I had it down then unplugged it. No reception problems here.

[elwesso]

Yeah that too....

What I did actually was cut the belt so that i could retract or extend it whenever i wanted too... It would stay up about half for as long as I wanted!!!

[madmax88]

maybe its the motor. take it apart to see if some of the old cord is in there , I had too when i did mine.

[msudawgs98]

I doubt it would be the motor madmax....I believe it was just the previous owner doing a sloppy job of wiring.

By the way, it's been crappy weather over here lately so I've yet to work on the antenna problem

[madmax88]

cool , it might be the wires rusted also.