Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:28:41 +0100 From: "Simon" <simonnopsam900.fslife.co.uk> Subject: Re: Electric Antenna
Yes the green wire is supposed to activate the extension and retraction of the aerial. Is it connected to the right wire on the radio? If it is then there is something wrong with the aerial. Simon http://www.nospam "Inky" <yada_yada_etcnopsamail.com> wrote in message news:3bd3206b.12428012nopsam.CIS.DFN.DE... > I'm putting a used electric Saab antenna on my '85 900. The antenna > was originally on a '90. > > Best I can figure is this... One of the wires (green) on the antenna > hooks to the radio which, when turned on, activates a relay. The other > wire (red) connects to the positive side of the battery (not directly) > and powers the motor. Ground is through the body. > > A couple of questions: > > 1. Is what I said above right? > 2. Is the antenna supposed to retract when the car is shut off > (because, currently, it does not)? > > TIA > > -- christian > '85 900 > > Well, Harv hit the aisles dancin' and screamin'. > Some thought he had religion; others thought he had a demon, > And Harv thought he had a Weedeater loose in his Fruit of the Looms. > -- Ray Stevens (in "Mississippi Squirrel Revival")