Electric Ariel !!

[badredwedge]

So spent an hour with me head in the boot trying to get the electric ariel to go up and down after fitting a new CD player, power OK, earth OK, blue trigger wire sending OK.

Gave up and closed the boot, ARIEL OPERATES !!!!

Find a micro switch fitted to the blue wire that operates with the boot catch ! Bl**dy Brill idea !! Is that a TVR fitting or has someone fitted it after ??

[digga951]

Noo, mine has that too. All to do with the rear spolier. If the ariel didnt go down when the boot was opened, the spoiler snap it off.

[pwd95]

digga951 said:

the spoiler snap it off.

Manual areal on the old 350.................

[badredwedge]

digga951 said:

Noo, mine has that too. All to do with the rear spolier. If the ariel didnt go down when the boot was opened, the spoiler snap it off.

Yes Daniel as a I said Bl**dy good idea, wish I had thought of it, come to that, wish I had known about it. Looked through the handbook and wire diagram, no mention ahhh the joys of Wedgering

[digga951]

On my car, I also added a switch directly in the ariel feed line (blue wire) so that I could have the stereo on without the ariel up. I mostly listen to CD's, so didn't see any point in having the ariel up whilst not using the radio. I also forgot to lower it when putting the car in the garage a couple of times, so an override switch was quite handy to have.

[leorest]

On a fiberglass car why does the ariel need to be on the outside?
A freind of mine (Lotus Elite owner) replaced the ariel with a length of wire inside the body shell and says he gets the same reception.
Just a thought.
Leo

[dickymint]

leorest said:

On a fiberglass car why does the ariel need to be on the outside? A freind of mine (Lotus Elite owner) replaced the ariel with a length of wire inside the body shell and says he gets the same reception. Just a thought. Leo

My 350 has an "inside boot" jobbie as standard.

[rev-erend]

digga951 said:

On my car, I also added a switch directly in the ariel feed line (blue wire) so that I could have the stereo on without the ariel up. I mostly listen to CD's, so didn't see any point in having the ariel up whilst not using the radio. I also forgot to lower it when putting the car in the garage a couple of times, so an override switch was quite handy to have.

Good idea - especially for those with huge tail spoilers