Mine is a '77 car. It has the original solid spoke, fake leather plastic
wheel in it. I just preferred the look and feel of the mountney wheel
and thought I would treat Saskia seeing as she is now back on the road!
I got the boss with the wheel, although I am not sure if it is the
correct one for my car. The dealer said that he thought it was, but
isn't entirely sure. I might have a fiddle with it tonight.
I'll look at getting the horn to work too, although I suspect this job
may have to wait a while...
cheers
John
--- Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com> wrote:
> John,
>
> I'm afraid not. The problem is that the Montney horn push assumes your
> wiring works in the following way:
>
> Battery-----horn-----switch-----earth
>
> Therefore the switch works by taking the single input wire and
> grounding it
> directly to earth - in this case via the boss to the steering column.
> This
> worked fine when I fitted a Mountney to the MG BGT I had, as that's how
> its
> horn was wired.
>
> However, a Spitfire horn is wired:
>
> Battery-----switch-----horn-----earth
>
> at least for the late 1500 - earlier cars may be different. Therefore
> the
> switch needs to have two wires going to it - a live supply from the
> battery,
> and the switched output to the horn. The Mountney horn push is not
> wired
> this way.
>
> You may be able to pull the horn push apart and bodge it somehow, but
> it
> will not work directly as it is. I'd certainly look at it, however - I
> too
> hate having the horn push on the column stalk, I can never find it in
> the
> split second when I really want it!
>
> BTW, what year is your 1500? Mine had the original Moto-Lita leather
> wheel
> that Triumph fitted for a couple of years around 1978 (I replaced it
> because
> the leather was falling off in strips!). The boss for this fits the
> Mountney wheel perfectly, you just have to drill some more holes
> through it
> because the Moto-Lita has 9 bolts while the Montney has 6. This also
> enables you to retain the delightful original boss cap, with the BL
> logo on
> it (as well as saving 15 quid on a Mountney boss!).
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