RE: '88 5000cstq electric gremlins

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

Lift the rear seat, there's a red wire with a fuse going directly from
the battery to the trunk - it powers the antenna and rear crossover.
Remove the fuse and see if it cures your problem. The problem seems to
be in wiring though, not the antenna itself. My antenna has stopped
working just a minute ago (motor works, antenna is stuck upright), I'll
try to dissassemble it today.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	StevenM659@aol.com [SMTP:StevenM659@aol.com]
> Sent:	Monday, October 27, 1997 4:19 PM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	'88 5000cstq electric gremlins
> 
> I have a 5000cstq w/problems of electric problem-the car keeps on
> goint dead
> after overnight or a few hours of being parked. My mechanic has been
> sleuthing it out but here some issues - the elctirc antenna is stuck
> down and
> seems to be running sometimes even on its own. My wife noticed it in
> the
> upright position with radio off. Then she slammed the rear door and
> the
> antenna went down. It is now stuck in the down position. She noticed
> the
> whirring sound (sounded like it was running) before she opened the
> door, even
> though the radio was off. ALso I found water (@2 inches) in the bottom
> left
> of the trunk compartment-could this be a problem?. This car has
> 113,000 miles
> and in great shape but will have to go if this continues and it won't
> start
> reliably. Any ideas or suggestion welcome. Any idea about replacing
> the
> antenna at a reasonable price? Thank you. Steve Meyrich -
> StevenM659@aol.com