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Old Mar 8, 2024 | 01:05 PM
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The shitty horn contact has me pissed, has to be the third one I've installed, ordered another from Zip. Any tips here? They seem to loosen up and fall apart.

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Picture please Dan. Is this for your 65? Is this the chrome cap with the crossed flags emblem or the brass plunger that makes contact to ground the horn??
The suppliers seem to call everything "horn button". I may be the only one confused.

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Picture please Dan. Is this for your 65? Is this the chrome cap with the crossed flags emblem or the brass plunger that makes contact to ground the horn??
The suppliers seem to call everything "horn button". I may be the only one confused.
Its this miserable turd of a reproduction. Oh, its fine if you use it gently. But let one a**hole pull out in front and you punch that thing one time, you're buying a new one.

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If the plastic rivets are breaking or popping out, you can replace them with nylon or plastic screws and nuts. Before they pop out if you install with rivets again, use a soldering iron and flatten the lower tips so they are wider. I have used nylon screws before, it doesn't matter about the nut, the top piece is what you want to insulate.
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Thank you. I will do that.

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I am having similar issues with the horn on my '65. More so that if you pull on the wheel, the horn continuously goes off.
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