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Re: Two things...

To: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>, <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Two things...
From: "ptegler@cablespeed" <ptegler@cablespeed.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:33:33 -0500
Jeff,
#1
make sure your steering column is actually grounded.
You should have a little jumper wire across the steering
knuckle to ground the column to the steering rack and
another from rack to chassis/harness.
(remember you column is isolated in the bushes inside
the column)

sorry...can't help with #2... no experience

Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:52 PM
Subject: Two things...


> Here's two questions for the price of one.  Totally different topics, but
I've
> been busy putting the finishing touches on my project.
>
> 1. No joy from the horn.  Horn brush checked out, horn push does in fact
have
> continuity all the way to the relay.  Checked it with my volt meter.
Relay is
> getting steady 12v from fuse #3, no trouble there.  Horns are NOS,
properly
> grounded, and give a very nice toot when voltage is directly applied,
> bypassing the relay.  Is my new horn relay DOA?  I can't think of any
other
> possibility.  The wires are correctly routed to the right terminals.  Any
way
> to check the relay itself?  It doesn't click.
>
> 2. Anyone successfully fit the intermediate stainless pipe (with the
little
> resonator) from Bell to their 4-2-1 Bell headers?   I just spent a
frustrating
> hour under the car, trying to finagle the thing into position, but the
bend on
> the header side is backwards.  If I rotate the pipe to get the correct
> insertion angle, the other end of it is poking down at the front of my
left
> rear tire.  Not good.  I see no way to fit this thing without assistance
from
> the muffler shop who will have to cut and or bend it into position.  I'm
> opting to return it for a refund since I'm having to involve the pros,
anyway.
> Their stainless pipe is probably a lot cheaper.  I was just wondering if
> others have experienced the same trouble.
>
> Take care,
>
> Jeff in San Diego
>
> 1968 Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"  ...Dangerously close to completion.
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