The place where the added copper shorts out to ground is where the
outer edge of the copper disk comes all the way out to the edge of the
fiberglass substrate (actually, a standard single sided circuit FR-4
circuit board. I used my dremel tool to grind through the brass , leaving
only a ring about 1/2" wide where the brush runs.
Peace,
Pat
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Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor, Future planner
CS Dept, University of Texas, Austin, Tx. 78712 USA
voice (512)471-9730, fax (512)471-8885, horne@cs.utexas.edu
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 Geegc@aol.com wrote:
> How did you keep the horn from beeping when the wheel was turned? When I
>tried to add the extra copper the thickness caused the horn contact to close
>when the wheel was turned.
>
> Gary C
>
> In a message dated Tue, 23 Oct 2001 2:56:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>"Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu> writes:
>
> > I had similar problems with the copper contact surface wearing through
> > where the wheel sits with the wheels straight ahead. I peeled the copper
> > off and used epoxy to glue a sheet of thin brass onto the remaining
> > substrate. I did that about 2 years ago and it is still working fine!
> >
> > Peace,
> > Pat
> >
> > - Support Habitat for Humanity, A "hand up", not a "hand out" -
> >
> > Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor, Future planner
> > CS Dept, University of Texas, Austin, Tx. 78712 USA
> > voice (512)471-9730, fax (512)471-8885, horne@cs.utexas.edu
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 Geegc@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > The early and late cars use different adapters according to Grant, an LA
>based aftermarket wheel company. I may have an extra early adapter, with a
>bad horn pick up (the metal ring wears weirdly and then beeps at random times).
> > >
> > > GAry C
> > > red one
> > > black one,
> > > but no running one
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:09:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>JCLAY510@aol.com writes:
> > >
> > > > i was told at one time that the steering column was different from the
>early
> > > > cars to the later (68-70)
> > > > I have a MoMo as well but the adapter is slightly different from a 510.
>I may
> > > > be mistaken about the column though. Can anyone clarify?
> > > >
> > > > Jimmy "needs another steering wheel too" Claypool
> > > >
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