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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Mountain View, CA
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Horn Button Parts
The previous owner of my 67 took out the little rod under the steering wheel horn cover (it's stock) because it had a tendency to honk while turning left. I don't have the part or know what it looks like. Can someone give me some dimensions or suggest how to keep it from honking when I don't want it to? I think the reason was grounding to the main steering wheel so perhaps it could be made of wood or plastic. I haven't looked closely as to how it works so may need to be metal to function. Thanks,
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01-07-2002, 09:27 AM
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01-07-2002, 10:45 AM
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Blake,
It won't really work if you replace it with a piece of plastic or wood. The part that you're missing is the contact finger. It has to be made of metal in order to ground the coil in the relay, which closes the switch and supplies 12v to the horns. Also there is a spring inside the finger so that only when you actually push on the horn button is the circuit complete. I think your best bet would be to buy a new one, you should also make sure the rubber cuff is in good shape too. If it was causing the horns to sound when turning left either the spring was getting stuck, or the rubber had degraded. Pretty much any parts place sells them, tweeks, automotion, stoddard, etc... On a '67 it should be the 44mm contact finger. Andrew |
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01-07-2002, 10:52 AM
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Location: Owosso, Mi, USA
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Hahaha, Blake, the same thing was done to my '67 911.
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