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Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update

To: Tom Felts <tomfelts@windstream.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update
From: Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 09:13:08 -0400
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Tom,

Yes, the canceling arm is at the bottom of the steering wheel hub.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 7/27/20 7:20 AM, Tom Felts via Healeys wrote:
> thanks---It may come to that--------still not quite clear on the 
> orientation of the cancelling lip---assume it is 180 to the top switch.
> 
> tom
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt@gmail.com>
> To: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
> Cc: Tom Felts <tomfelts@windstream.net>, Healey List 
> <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:30:12 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update
> 
> Most likely a new wiring harness will solve the problem, an inexpensive 
> investment in money, if not in time to swap it out.
> 
> Curt
> 
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 7:26 PM Michael MacLean via Healeys 
> <healeys@autox.team.net <mailto:healeys@autox.team.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Maybe Curt will chime in here.  He's the expert.
>     M
> 
> 
>     On Sunday, July 26, 2020, 7:08:50 PM PDT, Tom Felts
>     <tomfelts@windstream.net <mailto:tomfelts@windstream.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     thanks Mike---I have been using that and it is OUTSTANDING.  Thanks
>     for the feedback.  Still a little fuzzy on how to orient the cancel
>     part.  I did find a bare spot on one wire and covered it.  We will see.
> 
>     Thanks
>     tom
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net
>     <mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net>>
>     To: Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com
>     <mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com>>, Tom Felts
>     <Tomfelts@windstream.net <mailto:Tomfelts@windstream.net>>
>     Cc: healeys@autox.team.net <mailto:healeys@autox.team.net>
>     Sent: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 22:04:25 -0400 (EDT)
>     Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update
> 
> 
>     Tom go to http://www.healey6.com/technical.htm
> 
> 
> 
>     Scroll down to trafficator.  Plenty of info there.
> 
>     On Sunday, July 26, 2020, 3:47:31 PM PDT, Tom Felts via Healeys
>     <healeys@autox.team.net <mailto:healeys@autox.team.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Thanks for all the feedback-----so far I have removed the business
>     end of the trafficator (a real pain to get back together) and found
>     no reason there for the horn to blow by itself.  The insides of the
>     trafficator needed a good cleaning anyway, the signal light contacts
>     were filthy.  OK--------put it all back together and still the horn
>     blows when I push the wheel forward-------so----guess the next move
>     is to pull it all out of the tube and inspect it.
> 
>     quick question----what is the position of the cancelling piece on
>     the metal ring in relation to the two "triggers"?  should that piece
>     be centered between the two triggers?  Assume so.  That's where I
>     put it, but I'm not getting canceling now.
> 
>     Great way to spend pandemic time:):)
> 
>     Tom
> 
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Michael Salter via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net
>     <mailto:healeys@autox.team.net>>
>     To: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net <mailto:bspidell@comcast.net>>
>     Cc: healeys@autox.team.net <mailto:healeys@autox.team.net>
>     Sent: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 15:43:30 -0400 (EDT)
>     Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8
> 
>     Certainly agree with Bob.
>     I would think that the stator harness (inside the stator tube which
>     is inside the steering shaft which is inside the steering column) is
>     damaged.
>     The stator harness can be changed without actually removing the
>     stator tube, easier on your car with the adjustable steering wheel, 
>     but it takes careful work and some degree of patience.
> 
>     M
> 
> 
>     On Sun., Jul. 26, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Bob Spidell, <bspidell@comcast.net
>     <mailto:bspidell@comcast.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
>         The horn button grounds the circuit IIRC (the lead is hot). Check
>         the connectors out of the steering box, but if it's not that then,
>         yeah, you have something exposed to ground somewhere.
> 
> 
>         Bob
> 
>         On 7/26/2020 8:16 AM, Tom Felts wrote:
> 
>             When I move the steering wheel in toward the dash, the horn
>             blows.  Not caused by the horn button--I have it removed----my
>             guess---a bare wire somewhere in the column----or-----?????  Any
>             ideas before I pull these wires out of the column with all that
>             entails?
> 
>             Thanks
>             tom
> 
> 
> 
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