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Hi folks. I didn't find a lot about this searching for the topic, so I thought I'd share my little tip to save the lifespan of my '83's power antenna!
In fact my antenna is, like so many others, all chewed up inside and doesn't function super well. I am going to replace it, but I didn't want to until I refreshed my stereo. The original head unit always raised the antenna, even when not on the tuner setting. I had hoped my newer head unit (bluetooth capable) would be smarter in this regard. Alas, it is not, so I went ahead and ran my antenna lead through a small right-angle switch I mounted in the glove box. It's nice and tidy. So now my antenna signal lead only says "go up" when I want it to Which is almost never. But sometimes. Now I can replace the antenna and not burn it out again unnecessarily by reducing the number of activations 50x!
I'll share some pics here, and a link to the switch I used if anyone wants to follow along at home. Was very easy to add, as long as I was re-doing my stereo harness anyway. The Switch:
- though any 'ol small switch will do - this one fit absolutely perfectly for the task. I have an extra!
Also, death to quick-connectors in automotive wiring! Long live painstaking soldering and shrink wrapping!
Pics here. Maybe this helps someone next time you re-do your head unit!
switch! halfway through harness rework - I just ran a loop through to the glove box when I did the harness - then cut on the other end to wire in the switch once I was done. Fits perfectly here stealth button. #ejectionseat zoom. enhance.
Nice. Having manual control over things is nice. I recently installed an electric ball valve for the heater control valve so it can stay closed all summer indoeendint of the vacuum signal coming from the control head. This keeps hot coolant out of the heater core after driving the car so the AC is colder sooner. On one of my 928s I put a switch on the cooling fan so I could start it up when the car was sitting running like in traffic or at a food drive through. This kept it from getting hot where it then had to recover again. Once underway, I'd shut it off again.
Wanted this function also and installed it in the cassettebox/middlecompartment. Old-schoolstyle with leverswitches. The antennaswitch to the left and the aux/,bluetooth switch to the right.
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Antenna Switch Interrupt Install
Which is almost never. But sometimes. Now I can replace the antenna and not burn it out again unnecessarily by reducing the number of activations 50x!
