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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Explorer / May 2006

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1998 XLT Power Antenna motor removal

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zoti - 24 May 2006 15:53 GMT
The cable on my power antenna broke so I ordered a new mast but there is a
piece of the cable stuck in the motor. I need to remove the motor but there
is no access to it as it sits inside the left side fender. It has 3 hex
screws holding it.

How do I access the motor itself?

Thanks,
zoti
kc10 - 26 May 2006 01:36 GMT
Remove the right splash shield in the wheel well.  Turn the front
wheels to the left and you will have enough room to access two
phillips head screws that partially hold it in.  One of the screws is
easy to see and the other is on the bottom of the fender (if you lay
on the ground, it is about two inches back along the frame).  Once you
have these two screws out,  you can pry the splashshield toward the
tire and access the antenn motor assembly.  Ther is only one bolt, I
believe 5/16, that holds the assembly to the frame.  Once it is
removed, you can set the antenna assembly on the tire and remove a
bolt (3/8?) to disassemble the mechanism.  It is pretty simple to find
the broken antenna mast. Reassemble the antenna motor/drive.  Then
have someone turn on and off your radio to help you feed the new mast
into the reassembled unit.

>The cable on my power antenna broke so I ordered a new mast but there is a
>piece of the cable stuck in the motor. I need to remove the motor but there
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>Thanks,
>zoti
zoti - 26 May 2006 04:32 GMT
Thanks. I figured that is the way I need to go. Just didn't know how hard it
was going to be.

> Remove the right splash shield in the wheel well.  Turn the front
> wheels to the left and you will have enough room to access two
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> >Thanks,
> >zoti
kc10 - 26 May 2006 14:51 GMT
It took me about 45 minutes to do a 97 Limited antenna repair.

>Thanks. I figured that is the way I need to go. Just didn't know how hard it
>was going to be.
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>> >Thanks,
>> >zoti
zoti - 27 May 2006 02:30 GMT
I finished mine in about an hour. It took me some time to figure out the
broken antenna cable was stuck in the tube the antenna folds into. I took
the whole thing apart and was surprised to find no broken cable in the
mechanism. Then I looked in the tube and then the whole thing stopped
working and it took me about 30 minutes to fix it.

It's now working again. Thanks.

> It took me about 45 minutes to do a 97 Limited antenna repair.
>
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> >> >Thanks,
> >> >zoti
 
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