This is doing my head in,

Since I have owned the car(6 months) the arial has never worked, so I got a new control box and Ariel, why am I getting 12v on both wires that connect to the Ariel,

When I connect t a new control box ( sits 3" to the left of the arial ), I have 0v to the arial,

I have connected both aerials and control boxes in every combination and still no luck with the arial working, I have been promise. That the arial that I bought has been bench tested and works ok,

Please help as it is going my head in, lol

I take it that you have the radio in the on position.

I think that the live to the aerial runs in conjunction with the live on/off switch of the radio etc'

These are the relevant pages from the '96 service manual. They are easier to use than earlier service manuals for diagnostics.

 

el-183.pdf

el-184.pdf

el-186.pdf

 

-Andrew

Edited October 6, 201312 yr by AndrewG

my arieal hasnt worked for ages cas me car sat for a few years with no use until yesterday. i checked i had a twelve volt going to it on the wires that plug into it from the boot. i did and i new the ariel worked before i took the engine out sometime ago.so once i new it used to work i thought it was a plug or fuse or somthing i did cas i had a live feed to it. then someone on here on my other thread sugested they get stuck over a period of time with no use . so wd40 and sprayed it eveynight for two days then on the third day i taped the area off cas im a clumsy arse. and with a little help quickly turned on the radio and gave it a tiny bit of help litaly a coplel mm. wd40 radio of then on then quickly repeated it unitil she no longer needed help. wd40 some more up and down and now she works a treat.

Might work did for me. good luck.