better it be stuck up than down.
On 5/8/06, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Marshall & Trampas,
> Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there
is
> no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently
> hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs.... Normally, I turn the
engine
> off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna
starts
> retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up -
the
> radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends -
>
> It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a
coincidence
> that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained?
Your car was manufactured after the '90 midyear replacement of the
rocker switch that older Mercedes have used for decades. You MIGHT try
removing fuse(s) that supply power to the antenna or unplug the
multiconductor plug on the antenna and then reattach it after 30-60
seconds. It's control is now entirely electronic - and I regret that
electronics in Mercedes cars are noticeably less reliable after 15 years
and deteriorate rapidly after that.
Marshall
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'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
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