Antenna wasn't going up. Motor was bad (not making noise). Rigged the antenna in the up position to get good reception on the radio. Avoid buying a new unit for $$$.
I have a 99 as well and the antenna either doesn’t go all the way up or all the way down. Won’t go when you push it or pull. I am not sure I am handy enough to pull it all apart.
If it moves then maybe some of the gear teeth are stripped and that's the point where it stops. Just a guess. If I recall correctly, my motor didn't work but the gears were fine. As for not being handy enough pull it apart, I not sure what you want to hear. Either give this trick a shot, try to replace the entire unit with a new one, or pay someone to replace the unit. Worse case you get stumped and pay someone to finish it. You will learn something, we all start somewhere. Or just leave it the way it is.
@@MileHighDreamz Thanks I will give it a try. Once I figure out how to remove the carpet and can access it it can’t be too hard. My W140 is in my videos if you are curious.
Are you talking about the white gear I pick up at 1:50 in the video? That's the gear that the motor(black gear on top) drives, which pushes and pulls the antenna (white strip of gear).
