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Re: Power Antenna
Posted by David Prantl (more from David Prantl) on Fri, 17 Nov 2000 16:24:09
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

These antennas fail when the cogged plastic 'tail' inside the hollow metal 
mast snaps in one or more places.  The tail and mast are one unitized 
assembly and are not available separately.

To change a failed mast, it is very often necessary to remove the whole 
motor unit from the car, open it up, and remove the bit(s) of broken plastic 
tail from the spool inside.  Cleaning and re-greasing the internal moving 
parts is a good idea before you put the motor unit back together.

Now you're ready to feed in the new mast - tail first.  I like to do this 
before putting the whole thing back in the car, by connecting the 2-wire 
connector, a jumper lead between the motor body and ground, and then getting 
a helper to turn the radio on/off to get the motor running.  It takes some 
fiddling to get the tail to catch in the spool if you haven't done it 
before.  After it catches, it probably won't pull the mast all the way in.  
So, turn the radio on again and restrict the antenna from going all the way 
out (without bending or breaking it).  Then turn the radio off, and it 
should pull the mast in all the way.  Then install the assembly into the 
car.

The mast for your car is listed at http://www.townsendimports.com
as:

0252957OE
ANTENNA MAST SAAB 9000 CS 93-, CD 95 -
$28

What I cannot understand is this:

The '86-'92 9k and classic 900 cars have an antenna unit that's identical to 
the '93 and later 9k cars, except for the mast.  The earlier design uses 5 
segments, making for an overall thicker/sturdier antenna, while the new 
style has just 4 segments.  Overall length is nearly identical.  When I did 
the '93, I had an early-style mast ready to go, but being thicker, it didn't 
fit into the mast receiver tube on the '93 motor unit.  I successfully 
drilled this out using a 25/64' drill bit from Home Depot, so now I'm 
probably the only one with an all-SAAB 5-segment '93CSE antenna.

BTW, Townsend sells the old-style black mast for about $15.  Radio Shack 
sells a generic power-antenna unit that is pretty much identical to the SAAB 
specific units, save for the universal-angle top-body mount and chrome mast. 
  Their price is $38.  So, if your motor is dead as well as the mast, use a 
new motor from Radio Shack, new mast from Townsend, and the old mast-tube 
and mounting hardware from the dead unit.  Or visit the junkyard for a 
working motor.

Best regards,

David Prantl
david_prantlno39sdcx6spamx782hotmail.com
'84 900S, 5M, 210kMi, RIP
'86 9000T, 5M, 182kMi
'88 9000S, 5M, 142kMi
'90 9000S, 4A, 133kMi
'93 9000CSE, 5M, 63kMi
'89 900, 3A, 115kMi
'68 97 Sonett V4, 76kMi, #000467

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