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

[John Harper]

Tom

One can sometimes leave the bullitts on but they have to stagard. If there
is no wire in the tube then find something, long, heavy and around 3/16"
diameter, this should drop down the stator tube fairly easily taking a fine
thread with it. Then attach the thread to the longest bullitt wire and wrap
up the rest with very thin tape. It should then be possible to pull the
cable through.

I have seen a number of old cables that have this stagger but I suspect
that the suppliers of new cables don't always realise that there is a
reason for the bullets being staggered



On Sat, 1 Aug 2020 at 19:44, Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:

> 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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-- 
Best wishes

John Harper

AHC UK 100 Register Secretary
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