[VAL] Re: Skyliner TV antenna ?

["Fred Coldwell" <agrijeep@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All:

   My 1964 Globe Trotter is equipped with a roof mounted
Skyliner TV antenna.  The control handle is inside the
trailer and instructs to pull the handle to raise or lower
the antenna.   I successfully did this last year, and could
rotate the antenna after I pushed the handle up.  This year
is the Challenge Gods selected me. 

   I've been pulling down on the handle but it does not want
to budge. I'm about ready to pull the whole antenna assembly
through the roof.  The handle is stuck in the "push up"
rotate mode but the antenna is in the lowered position. 

   I've gone to the roof, removed the plastic gear cover,
and tapped on the shaft inside the spiral gear, hoping to
get the handle to lower inside the trailer.  I've sprayed
the shaft with Kroil, hoping to loosen something up (or in
this case, down).  I've chanted incantations, burned
incense, prayed to Michael Powell and sprinkled crushed
Viagra on the antenna base.  Nothing has worked to raise my
TV antenna from the dead, so I'm soliciting sage advice from
the List.    
 
  Does anyone have any hints, tips or suggestions on how to
get the interior handle to lower when pulled so I can raise
the Skyliner TV antenna?   Thanks,

Fred Coldwell
Denver CO.