Larry,
I got out my ohm meter this weekend, and checked for continuity between the
bolt
at the base of the steering shaft, and the a bolt holding the steering rack to
the frame... yep, had a very high resistance value. So then I checked between
the the bolt on the shaft and a bolt on the rack itself, and that had almost no
resistance. So I made a ground wire about 4 inches long, and fastened one end
under rack chassie bolt, and ther other end under a rack bolt. Now the
resistance from the steering shaft to the body shows almost zero.
Now my horn still doesn't work, and I have a blown head gasket!
Oh-well.
- Bryan
>X-Unix-From: millerls@ado13.com Fri Aug 13 14:40:45 1999
>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,
>
>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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