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

[Curtis Arndt]

Tom,

This is why when I restore a trafficator switch, and the owner wants to
wire it himself, I include the attached instructions.

Cheers,

Curt

On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 11:45 AM 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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