Aerial Problem

[blackcat]

Gen 5 Celica :the electrical is not fully retracting back in but works fine the rest of the way up & down.I was hoping if any of you chaps might have come accross this problem & resolved it. Any ideas?

[Calisto]

I have the same problem, I was told there is a piece of the original plastic stuck at the bottom. therefore stopping it from retracting.

To sort it out you will have to take out the arial mechanism and do some searching :shutit:

[chocka]

YEP, just had the same problem with my gen 5 aerial, the mast is controlled by a nylon cord with teeth, mine had snapped and therefore would only go by 3" but wouldn't retract. The snapped part was still in the body of the motor.

Kelvyn pointed me to this very useful site http://www.imoc.co.uk/. See my old thread about 2 weeks ago.

I bought a new mast from Mr T (part no T86337-32200, £31.27 incl VAT) and followed the very detailed instructions and hey presto my areial was like new! It only took 15 mins after I got the thing from the car.

The last time I bought a FULL new aerial for my Gen 4 it cost £225.00! this is a lot cheaper!

P.S. this is a great site for advice!

[blackcat]

;) Thanks for ze advice people!

It most definately is the mast that is at fault ,so it looks like a trip to Mr T on Monday.

I tried a 2nd hand gen 4 aerial from a scrapper which was totally different ,so that was a no-go!

[GFORCE]

are all celica's supposed to have elec aerials as standard?? i have a 96 ST and it doesn't but i think should as the aerial slips back down when you pull it up???

[subzero2]

how do i get in contact with this mr t guy as i could do with a new ariel for a 1994 gen 6 celica. new to this forum and the other one listed above.

[GT4 BOOSTER]

mr.T is the common name for your local toyota dealership , and yes all celicas have electric aerials , specially a gen 6 for sure.

[subzero2]

as you can tell i am a newbie to this site and its terms . my local dealer told me new ariel was £127 and i dont want to pay that. so if anyone know cheaper it would help thanks.

[Calisto]

as you can tell i am a newbie to this site and its terms . my local dealer told me new ariel was £127 and i dont want to pay that. so if anyone know cheaper it would help thanks.

way,way to much money I got my arial from my local dealer and they charged me £45.

were did they get £127 from

[subzero2]

the guy brought the part up on the computer and checked the price list on the computer and i seen every thing he type in . it came up £127 plus some pence cant remember . will it make such a big difference with an jap import. seems strange that mostly the rest of the car can fit uk parts but maybe this part is not such a straight change out.