Saab: Frozen antenna: '95 900SE

Funny you should mention this. I just started leaving my 900 outside instead
of in the garage and have had this problem almost constantly. When it's warm,
the antenna works, so I wipe it off, spray on some WD-40 to displace water,
cycle it up and down a few times, wipe it off again, lubricate it with silicone
oil, etc. This seems to help but it froze again when I was in northern NH last
week in below-zero temperatures -- though would operate normally after driving
for half an hour or so with the heat on. If anybody has a better fix, pls
share it!


Mike Yankee

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Clean the antenna when it´s fully out with some fuel or just old oil. If
you´re using oil that is already enough. More consistent is a thin layer of
bearing grease. Afterwards insert the antenna and remove the surplus of
grease.Then you´re fine for about half a year.
I had this problem quite often with my "old" 900´s (´95, ´96), especially
when being carelessly in maintaining.

Good luck

Dieter


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I suspected that some grease might help, but wasn't sure; didn't want to
gunk up anything.

I do have some bearing grease hanging around so I'll give that a try...

Thanks!

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These power antenna are pigs in colder climates, especially with freezing
rain. Eventually they will strip the stupid plastic strip that pulls it
down. Go to any auto parts store and replace it ( the whole mechanism) with
a fixed whip. With a few basic tools and 20 minutes work, its well worth he
effort and costs no more than 20 bucks. No special wiring needed, they just
plug right in to the existing cable. Case closed!!
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So - with a fixed whip you can never go through a car wash???

Mine never worked since I bought the car a few months ago.. For some
reason every FM station I care about here pulls in the same with the
antenna up or down so I put it down. I'm doing suburbian driving but
other cars couldn't do that???

AM is inop, but I can live with that. -meld

Radiodog wrote: 

Negative ! Cars with whips went through car washes for 20 plusyears before
power antennas. Its not a problem. When I need a car wash, I use a
"brushless" type.

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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 05:35:51 GMT, meld_b <com> wrote:
 

I'm guessing that your antenna is disconnected :-)

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 20:31:49 GMT, "Leigh Kendall"
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To thick. Get something thinner.

FWIW, all cars with power antennas
have these issues when they get wet, then cold.