At 06:44 AM 3/17/2003 -0800, Jeff McNeal wrote:
>Thanks to all for your replies. I'm nearly certain that there is no ground
>strap from the steering rack to ground. I'll bet that's the problem. I know
>that there's one in the little steering knuckle, and the horns are grounded to
>the rack, but the rack isn't grounded. My only question would be then why
>would the horns blast when I bypass the relay? They're grounded to the
>steering rack and if the rack isn't earthed, then...?
>
On my '72 there is not a single grounding strap to the rack, but an eye terminal
connected to a bunch of about 4 black ground wires, that come out of
a larger harness.
To lube the rack, you have to take out the bolt that the terminal is attached
to.
Possibly some PO did a rack lube and never bothered to re-install the ground
terminal, and
it is dangling around somewhere nearby.
Doug
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