Frozen power antenna

[hottmamita]

My power antenna is getting frozen from the cold and it wont go up when i start the car. is there something i can put on it to keep it from freezing? My husband told me to try wd-40 but i figured id ask you guys before doing anything.

[Mike Gerber]

WD-40 is a good idea. When it thaws out (or you can put it in a warm garage to thaw it or if no garage is available try to run an extension cord out to the car and use a hair dryer on it). When the antenna is up, spray the WD-40 liberally on a rag and wipe it on the mast. Turn the radio off and on a few times so it goes up and down and repeat the wiping procedure a few times. If you can't get it thawed out don't worry about it. It will work properly once the ambient air temperature thaws the system. It's a fairly smart system. When the antenna can't raise or retrack after a few seconds (OK, Maybe 20 or 30 seconds), the system shuts down the motor so it doesn't burn itself up trying to continually to raise or lower it.

Mike

[hottmamita]

Thanks a lot, Im gonna go try it right now.

[hottmamita]

Originally Posted by hottmamita

Thanks a lot, Im gonna go try it right now.

OK I did it and so far the antenna came all the way up and went all the way down. Well see what happens when it gets colder again. Thats awesome, so thanks a lot Mike!

[Mike Gerber]

You're welcome.

Mike