Height Control & TV Antennas

[Page Britt]

Thanks Ralph, sound advice. Still raining here - too wet to go up and tear into it. Will let all know how it turns out.

--Page

Page & Lynda

1984 PT-40 "Lady Bird"

Tallahassee, FL

On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Ralph Fullenwider wrote:

Hi Page:

Might as well take some 10 or 12 automotive wire, butt splices and
connectors as well as some of the old grey putty tape up with you to check
out the raise mech. If you had not done so, or someone recently, the wiring
has a tendency to crumble because of the constant uv. Check the micro
switch for actuation. We recently had to re wire Ernie's for a two fold
reason, the uv and a squirrel that fell in love with the taste of wiring.
The grey putty tape is to re seal the triangle pass wiring pass
through located center front.

I can vouch for the rot ant that Steven has, as I have installed them in
place of the old unit. Does a great job on HD, gained many a channel as
well as being on the inside of a metal Coach barn.

Safe travels,

Ralph & Charolette Fullenwider
'84 FC 35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma

At 10:21 AM 10/5/2009 -0400, you wrote:

>Thanks Stephen (& Curt for mentioning Stephen). I may give you a shout if
>I get the raise / lower actuator issue fixed.
>
>--Page
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> > the valve mounting bolts on the rear of a PT! ;-) Adjusted the ride
> > height to spec (& my satisfaction) today. Another good job done, on
> > to the next... which is the TV antenna. It's decided to remain
> > firmly in the down position, when you attempt to raise it the actuator
> > makes the proverbial ratatattat noise which is normally made by the
> > actuator clutch at the end of travel. A search of the forum archives
> > revealed that the actuator is available from Danaher for the princely
> > some of $400 or so. Tomorrow weather permitting I plan to take a look
> > at it. Has anybody had any luck repairing or freeing up a stuck
> > actuator (liner drive) in their OEM TV antenna? I'm not in a great
> > hurry to spend $400 or so on an actuator knowing that the rotor
> > mechanism inside the "flying saucer" antenna head either needs to be
> > repaired or the entire antenna head replaced also. If the actuator is
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