Bryan,
If this turns out to be your problem and you come up with a better fix than
mine, I'd like to hear about it. I'm still not getting a perfect ground and
LBC's need loud horns.
I don't seem to be getting a good connection between the rack and the column
even tho it's metal to metal.
I don't see how there ever was a ground between the column and the car. How
the hell did the factory get the horn to work?
Now I'm really really leaving for San Francisco....
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>
To: <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>;
<millerls@ado13.com>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: Bugeye horn and clutch roller bearing
> Larry,
>
> That makes total sense, seeing that I put a really nice thick coat of
eastwood's chassie
> black on the rack assembly, and also used the 'orginal gaskets on the
mounting clamps,
> In fact, I can't think of any place that there is a 'direct' metal to
metal contact
> between the rack and the body.
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> Regards - Bryan
>
> >To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>,
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: Bugeye horn and clutch roller bearing
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> >Bryan,
> >
> >I ended up running a ground wire from the steering rack on the left side
to
> >the inner fender brace.
> >
> >Seems that I did too good of a job when rebuilding the steering column
and
> >rack on mine. I have the steering column completely isolated from the
car.
> >
> >Even with the wire I only get about 3/4 volume on the horn as opposed to
> >grounding the horn directly to the frame.
> >
> >Larry Miller
> >http://www.ado13.com
> >Never try to baptize a cat.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
> >To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 12:23 PM
> >Subject: Bugeye horn and clutch roller bearing
> >
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm calling on the infinite wisdom of the list again, with two more
> >questions.
> >>
> >> 1) I can't get the horn on my newly restored Bugeye to work. I've
tested
> >the Lucas horn
> >> I have by just hooking it directly to the battery, and it works fine.
> >When I check the
> >> voltage on the two wires on the 'new harness' I have installed, I
appear
> >to only be
> >> getting about 7 volts across them with the horn button in. I have a new
> >horn 'bush'
> >> installed, and the contact ring was in decent condition, and I put a
very
> >light coat of
> >> lithium grease on it. My next set is to pull the steering wheel and try
> >shorting the
> >> ring directly to ground. Any other suggestions.
> >>
> >> 2) has any one installed one of the 1275-clutch roller bearings?? I
have
> >one that I got
> >> from Winner's circle installed, and I was wondering if I was supposed
to
> >modify the
> >> standard spring pressure plate when using this roller bearing?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Bryan Vandiver (59- bugeye)
> >> San Jose, CA
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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