In a message dated 97-02-11 10:48:12 EST, cyf@bighorn.dr.lucent.com (Charles
Y. Farwell) writes:
> Isn't there also another connection that needs to be made between
> the lowest portion of the shaft (below the second flex joint) and
> the steering rack? It is the rack that actually provides the
> ultimate ground contact.
>
> I found my horns wouldn't work until I rigged a bogus flexible
> connection between the shaft bottom and the rack. I never did figure
> out why I had lost continuity to the rack ground.
>
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> Charlie Farwell 1962 TR4 #CT3852L
> cfarwell@lucent.com
>
>
Right on Charlie, but was it the connection between the column and the rack
- or the rack and the body/chassis? If I remember correctly the metal
steering column fits into a metal splined part of the rack. This would give
the circuit continuity through the rack with the rack in turn needing to be
grounded. I remember that there was a braided wire at the bottom near the
rack but I don't remember from where to where it ran. (My car is in FL and
I'm not at the moment.)
cheers
Art Kelly '64 TR4 CT33118L (original owner)
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