[Healeys] update---horn blowing on its' own

[Tom Felts]

I ended up pulling the old wiring out of the tube and replacing it with new.   What I found was a bare wire on the brown wire------such that when I pushed the column in it would push that bare spot up against the tube---closing the circuit and blowing the horn.  All is well now.The task is a pain but really not too bad.  I had to cut three of the bullets off, wrap the wire with a piece of wire and pill it thru.  then reattach the bullets. (you do need another hand up above to guide it into the inner tube).  I use the Flan air horns and they use a relay---I had forgotten I had a horn relay installed and couldn't figure out why I got a click but no horn when I hooked it all back up and tried to blow the horn-------short answer--the relay had quit.  New relay--all is well.If you ever do this job remember that two of the 4 wire attachment posts are "floating" posts and will fall out when you remove the wire if you don't block them from behind--and THIS is bad news-----------you either spend tons of time trying tore-insert them ( using a flat small object or you take the trafficator apart in order to get them back in---not what you want to do.Thankfully mine is back together and working nicely.Tom
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