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Re: Aftermarket Steering Wheels and Horns (All MG)

To: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Aftermarket Steering Wheels and Horns (All MG)
From: ninab@scoresheet.com (Nina Barton)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 18:05:28 -0700
Hi Mike, Up until 1970, I believe, the horn was located on the turn signal
mounted on the steering column.  Have you checked to see if your horns are
located there?    Good luck!     Nina

At  5:04 PM 2/22/98 -0800, Mike Lishego wrote:
>Hello All,
>        Sorry if you get this twice, but I sent it once on Saturday morning,
>and
>haven't seen it yet, so here goes...
>        I recently bought a used, aftermarket wood rimmed steering wheel for
>my MGB.
>It really is a nice one, with three chrome spokes and a rim that needs to be
>tung-oiled once a month.  Anyway, since it is not a direct fit, I need to buy
>an
>aftermarket adaptor, which Summit sells for about $16.  The wheel did not come
>with a
>center, so I figured I'd get out the jigsaw and the teakwood stock and make
>one
>myself. My problem arises with the fitting of the horn, as there doesn't seem
>to be
>any provisions for a horn with this rim.  Has anyone else with a non-BMC rim
>had this
>problem?  What did you do?
>        I figured that I'd mount a button or switch somewhere in the cockpit,
>maybe on
>the the cowl, under the dash, on the trans. tunnel.  However, as of right now,
>my
>horns don't work anyway.  Is there a horn relay that I should replace or
>check?  I
>imagine that I should test the horns themselves, and if they prove to be
>defective, I
>might as well buy some kind of aftermarket system...How much is that setup
>that plays
>the first few bars of Dixie?
>--
>Michael S. Lishego
>St. Andrews Presbyterian College
>Elementary Education Major,
>English Minor, Class of 1999
>R.A. of Winston-Salem Hall



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