Hi Valerie. I've been tracking down horn problems myself lately and had the
horn button off last weekend. If it's the clip I'm thinking of, it goes on
the edge of the horn button and holds it in place. I think the barbs go to
the outside. It helps keep the bale wire on the other side of the horn
button in contact with the steering column. If it's not, the horn won't
complete the circuit when you press the button. I don't think not having the
clip on would make the horn stay on all the time though. It's possible that
the slip ring is coming into contact with the column.
Hope this helps.
- Hugh Fader
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Valerie Stabenow
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:01 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: 1973 horn questions
>
>
> I'm trying to get my horn circuit to function and could use some help.
>
> The horn worked for a while after I bought the car, now it
> doesn't. If I
> jiggled the steering wheel, it sometimes come on and stay on, so I
> disconnected it at the relay.
>
> When I took the horn button off, I found this little clip
> (moss catalog, pg
> 91, item 110) just laying inside. Could this be part of my
> problem? Where
> does it go? I was going to order a new horn slip ring,
> thinking that this
> electrical connection gave it up, but I'd like to figure out
> this little
> clip, first.
>
> Valerie Stabenow, 62 MGA MkII, 67 TR4a, 69 XK-E FHC, 73 TR-6,
> 81 Corvette
> Coupe
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