carolien coulter wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> Yes I'm still working on the car. It is finally street legal though.
> Insurance and plates are in place and it went on its first trip to town
> today. 3 miles) didn't want to push it :-).Anyway I have an aftermarket
> horn push that works great, but I discovered that the other one I have is
> actually original so I want to use it. However I can not get it to stay in.
> Are there any tricks that work after the push has worn off on the sides? and
> won't stay in? Also the rear end seem to make a high wining noise ,
> especially in 4th gear. It's pretty loud. Any suggestions what that can be?
> Carol '59 Bugeye
Had the same horn push "falling out" problem. My solution was to build up the
inside of the steering wheel (where it had been worn away by the spring clips on
the horn push) with an epoxy compound, and to replace the spring clips (some of
the sharp points had been broken off or worn). PC7 would work as an alternative
to the liquid epoxy.
With regard to the "rear-end" noise, it is caused by too much tolerance between
the pinion and ring gears. This cn be corrected (to some extent) by shimming.
Other, less likely, possible causes are a chipped tooth, or worn bearings. A
"clunk" or "clank" when going from forward to reverse (or vice-versa) would tend
to indicate the tolerance as the cause.
Regards
John Morrison
'54 BN1
'60 AN5
'98 C5
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