Power Antenna motor...
Power Antenna motor...
Ok, my wonderful Nissan power antenna hasn't worked right in years. I finally replaced the mast awhile ago and it still doesn't want to operate. I can hear the motor grinding when I turn the car on, and wn tur it off, but the mast only moves about 0.5 inches. Does anyone know how to access the antenna motor? and if it is easily replaced?
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float_6969
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He makes it sound so easy! 
The s13's are infamous for this and it will be a headache for the rest of the ownership of the vehicle, but if you're anal like me, you don't care and you want it to work regardless. So here's what you do. Get on ebay, there is a guy on there that sells replacement antenneas (the whole thing, not just the mast) for about $40 with shipping. You'll have to do some wiring, but it's no big deal either. That antena on the other hand is a pain in the *** to get out. You'll have to pull the interior panel, take out the jack and the mount that the jack goes into. Then unscrew the bolt (3 I think) that bolt it to the metal in the car. Then unscrew the retainer on the top. Remember to unplug the harness, the antenna wire that goes to the radio, and the drain hose at the bottom. The drain hose is a pain to get back on. Installation is the reverse of removal. ( 
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The s13's are infamous for this and it will be a headache for the rest of the ownership of the vehicle, but if you're anal like me, you don't care and you want it to work regardless. So here's what you do. Get on ebay, there is a guy on there that sells replacement antenneas (the whole thing, not just the mast) for about $40 with shipping. You'll have to do some wiring, but it's no big deal either. That antena on the other hand is a pain in the *** to get out. You'll have to pull the interior panel, take out the jack and the mount that the jack goes into. Then unscrew the bolt (3 I think) that bolt it to the metal in the car. Then unscrew the retainer on the top. Remember to unplug the harness, the antenna wire that goes to the radio, and the drain hose at the bottom. The drain hose is a pain to get back on. Installation is the reverse of removal. ( I've always wanted to say that!)-
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Sill question time again. Can you pull the antenna up when you apply power? It just might need a little lube. When I first purchased my car the antenna only went up 4 inches. A little , Heck a lot of WD40 and a lot of turning the radio on and off made the antenna now go almost all the way up 85% of the time. I am one cheap person so I will fix it before replacing it. If you cant pull it up when power is applied the go with the replacement.
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topless@vabeach
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People might say WD40 is bad and will only last a month, I did mine a while ago and its still working. Sounds like the cable/wire that is pushed up the inside of the antenna is either broke or the drive gear that pushed the cable up and down is toast. Just replace it. You can always go the cheap way out and just put a standard replacement antenna on. It doesnt have to be a power one.
What probably is happening is this, a section of the cord from the mast has broken off inside the motor, so the new mast won't go down all the way. Take the motor out and remove the lower cover, there's a spool inside it. Clean it out good and remove any debris and any pieces of cord. That should do it.
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I bought a replacment universal anteana from walmart for like 35 bucks. it's not to bad to do this is the whole thing. When you do it take a test like and make sure the red wire gets the 12 constant and the blue wire goes to the wire in the stock harness that turns on and off *with* the radio. When i put mine in the first time it wouldn't come up and I ripped the whole thing out and it was just beacuse my aftermarket cd player one has the anteana up with the fm function wooops
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