Alright , I have a 98s70 t5 and the antenna hasnt been going up lately and sometimes it will randomly go up.... I tried to lubricate it thinking that may be the problem but it isnt. I guess it is something macanicaly wrong..? i dont know...

 

any1 know???

 

wow this sight is slow.. nevermind then

 

Yeah this site is slow. It is just a fact of life. It is probably the gears. They catch sometimes but not others.

 

I have the same problem on both my sedans. Here is a link to directioons on how to chamge the mast. It's a pretty common problem.. I had it done two or three times on my 94 850.

http://volvospeed.com/Repair/antmast.php

 

thanks man! all have to look over those directions..

 

is the mast something inside to help power the antenna or......?

 

do I need to buy that? orr

 

http://antennamastsrus.com/ they have volvo antennas under $20. Great service aswell.

 

thanks

 

The mast is the part that goes up and down. It was $16 at fcpgroton.

 

I bought my antenna mast and eeuroparts.com for $11.90. ($18.18 with shiping)

If your motor sounds like its working its probably the mast.

You just unscrew the nut around it, pull out the old antenna with the plastic toothed cable. Then have someone inside the car turn on and off the radio to feed the new mast and cable back into the motor. On mine the teeth faced the front of the car.

I couldn't feed it all at once, I had my wife turn the radio on then back off real quick to feed it farther down till it was all the way in. Works great now.

 

We tried to put the one I bought from fcpgroton into both of my 850's and it did not fit. It would not go into the hole. So both my antennas are still mess up. The one I bought said it would work on 240, 740 or 850, but it definitely would not work.

 

This may be because the leader is broken. The leader is the piece of flexible nylon cord inside the antenna mast, which when moved by the motorized reel, forces the antenna to telescope up or down. Try to check it out, ’coz I have the same problem with my Honda antenna mast, and I’ve tried also to lubricate it but didn’t work also and I find out that it’s not the problem…

 

I thought my mast was broken and it ended up being the worm gear inside the motor that was stripped. I had to buy a new antenna assembly. I got mine on ebay for $100.00

 

Try giving it some Viagara, that will make it go up ... LOL.
Had the same problem, mine just had a lot of grime and grit on it, causing it to stick, so I pull it all the way out by hand and just gave it a good cleaning, works fine now.