Horn Issues
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Instructor
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From: Kernersville NC
Horn Issues
Hi guys (and gals).
I've gotten far enough along with the old girl to where she is about road worthy with the exception of a single set back (more on that later).
What I'm working on currently is the horn. I found that bubba had epoxied the contacts together. I bought a new horn kit and installed it and found that it stayed on all the time when I hooked back up the battery. Then installed it again a different way and it never beeped at all.
I think it is the piece that has a spring, a small plastic piece that fits over a metal cylinder that has one end shaped like a nail head. How do these pieces fit together and go into the steering wheel column? I've tried the plastic piece first, then the spring then the metal piece and then again with the sping first then the plastic piece and finally the metal cyinder. Thanks.
~ Kip
I've gotten far enough along with the old girl to where she is about road worthy with the exception of a single set back (more on that later).
What I'm working on currently is the horn. I found that bubba had epoxied the contacts together. I bought a new horn kit and installed it and found that it stayed on all the time when I hooked back up the battery. Then installed it again a different way and it never beeped at all.
I think it is the piece that has a spring, a small plastic piece that fits over a metal cylinder that has one end shaped like a nail head. How do these pieces fit together and go into the steering wheel column? I've tried the plastic piece first, then the spring then the metal piece and then again with the sping first then the plastic piece and finally the metal cyinder. Thanks.
~ Kip
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From: salisbury missouri
put spring in first
put little plastic keeper on nail looking thing
put nail looking thing in on top of spring and with the head facing out twords you now lock little keeper to hold everything together.
now when you push down on nail looking thing the spring will allow it to come right back up.
the horn assembly you bought that foot hanging off one side of that rides on the head of this nail looking thing.
trying to explane it the way you wrote you post
i bought a new lower contact assembly to and had to cut the nail looking thing to a certain lenght if yours is new you will have to cut it to
check to make sure fist
did you buy the upper assembly put together by supplyer or did you just buy the indavigual parts and put the parts together yourself?
put little plastic keeper on nail looking thing
put nail looking thing in on top of spring and with the head facing out twords you now lock little keeper to hold everything together.
now when you push down on nail looking thing the spring will allow it to come right back up.
the horn assembly you bought that foot hanging off one side of that rides on the head of this nail looking thing.
trying to explane it the way you wrote you post
i bought a new lower contact assembly to and had to cut the nail looking thing to a certain lenght if yours is new you will have to cut it to
check to make sure fist
did you buy the upper assembly put together by supplyer or did you just buy the indavigual parts and put the parts together yourself?
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Instructor
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Kernersville NC
That's fine. Explaining it that way works for me!
It's working great now!
Now that ticks off another hurdle and I'm down to getting the wipers working and hunting down a possible transmission leak.
Thanks,
~ Kip
It's working great now!
Now that ticks off another hurdle and I'm down to getting the wipers working and hunting down a possible transmission leak.
Thanks,
~ Kip
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From: Toronto Ontario
proper length of nail-looking thing
Hi everyone - I have been having the same issues installing my horn kit from Corvette America on my '77. Your instrutions are great for how to put in the contact - but I need to know the proper length of the "nail-looking thing" - the (really poor) instructions in my horn kit indicated it would need to be cut but not the proper length! Can't find this info anywhere and the old part was missing in my original assembly. So any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks!
Racer
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Asheville N.C.
put spring in first
put little plastic keeper on nail looking thing
put nail looking thing in on top of spring and with the head facing out twords you now lock little keeper to hold everything together.
now when you push down on nail looking thing the spring will allow it to come right back up.
the horn assembly you bought that foot hanging off one side of that rides on the head of this nail looking thing.
trying to explane it the way you wrote you post
i bought a new lower contact assembly to and had to cut the nail looking thing to a certain lenght if yours is new you will have to cut it to
check to make sure fist
did you buy the upper assembly put together by supplyer or did you just buy the indavigual parts and put the parts together yourself?
put little plastic keeper on nail looking thing
put nail looking thing in on top of spring and with the head facing out twords you now lock little keeper to hold everything together.
now when you push down on nail looking thing the spring will allow it to come right back up.
the horn assembly you bought that foot hanging off one side of that rides on the head of this nail looking thing.
trying to explane it the way you wrote you post
i bought a new lower contact assembly to and had to cut the nail looking thing to a certain lenght if yours is new you will have to cut it to
check to make sure fist
did you buy the upper assembly put together by supplyer or did you just buy the indavigual parts and put the parts together yourself?
I think you went a little overboard with your spelling!!!!!!!
Le Mans Master
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From: Ann Arbor Michigan
Hi everyone - I have been having the same issues installing my horn kit from Corvette America on my '77. Your instrutions are great for how to put in the contact - but I need to know the proper length of the "nail-looking thing" - the (really poor) instructions in my horn kit indicated it would need to be cut but not the proper length! Can't find this info anywhere and the old part was missing in my original assembly. So any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks!
Gary
