Hi

I have a 1999 Eclipse GS (420A) with a motorized antenna. I would like to manually replace it. I bought the mast and removed the motor from the car, but I am unable to pull the mast out. For reference, I used a Haynes repair manual.

I tried without removing the apparatus from the car first by powering on the radio, waiting for the motor to unwind and then trying to pull out the mast, but it does not budge.

Then I powered everything off and removed the entire thing from the car. I opened the motor casing shell and saw that the sawtooth plastic had separated from the old mast assembly. I removed it from the winding, but I cannot proceed to remove the mast. The person at AutoZone seemed uninterested in helping me. Any help from your experience is greatly appreciated.

In the attached image, I would like to separate part A (mast) from parts B, C and D (the rest of the assembly).

(IMG:http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5989/powerantennalabelled.jpg)
By scribbleink84 at 2009-06-28

Thank you!
NiK