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Old December 22nd 10, 01:32 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata
Hal
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Default Power antenna upgrade -1997 miata

All,

I have what I beleive is a good used power antenna motor from a 1996
miata. I bought a new mast for it, but I cannot get it to go up when
the radio turns on. I don't have a wiring diagram so maybe someone can
help me. I have a 4 wire plug on the motor itself, with the following
wires, Blue/red stripe - Tied to B+ with the plug in the car, Green/
white stripe - also Tied to B+ with the plug in the car. Blue/white
stripe, I don't see any voltage here, radio on or off. Black/yellow
stripe,no power here, either.

This car did not come with a power antenna, there was a rubber plug in
the hole for the drain tube, and there were two 4 pin square
connectors not plugged in to anything in the engine bay. The one
closest to the battery has tobe the one for the antenna, and the motor
does run briefly if I plug it in to this plug. The other one is for
that little 'fuse block', which I do have, but only two positions are
populated on that plug. The pin that lines up with the "Antenna" 10
amp fuse gets b+ when the radio turns on, but it goes nowhere, as the
other side of that fuse has no wire(?) I thought the power antenna
upgrade was a plug and play? Do you have to run a wire from the little
fuse block over to the antenna motor to make it work? It sure seems
like the signal to "Go UP!" is not making it to the antenna and I
don't know which pin the "Go UP!" signal is supposed to tie into.

Anyone know what I am missing or have a copy of the 1997 wiring manual
available for download somewhere?

Thanks,
Chris
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