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Re: Horn Push Button Disection

To: Jerry <lensman@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Horn Push Button Disection
From: scott suhring <suhring@lancnews.infi.net>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 18:31:59 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
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References: <3644BF52.65FF347A@erols.com>
Jerry:

More than likely the copper inner wire of the
push (inside the spring) is broken or at the
ends where it is soldered.  I tried fixing 
one and found it a bit difficult to get just
the right length with soldering. Ended up  buying
a new one for around $15?

Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6

Jerry wrote:
> 
> Here's one for the list.  My horn isn't working.  Everything is hooked
> up right and the fuse is not blown.  I can make the horn  work by
> shorting out the horn brush (the plastic bic pen and spring) and the
> steering column but can't make it sound by depressing (or even cheering
> up) the horn push button.  Has anyone taken the horn push button apart?
> Could it be a bad contact on the inside of the horn push button.  I've
> cleaned all the other contacts but still can't get the horn to sound by
> pushing the button.  Any ideas.
> 
> Jerry

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