[Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update
Bob Haskell
rchaskell at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 27 07:13:08 MDT 2020
Tom,
Yes, the canceling arm is at the bottom of the steering wheel hub.
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
On 7/27/20 7:20 AM, Tom Felts via Healeys wrote:
> thanks---It may come to that--------still not quite clear on the
> orientation of the cancelling lip---assume it is 180 to the top switch.
>
> tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com>
> To: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
> Cc: Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net>, Healey List
> <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:30:12 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update
>
> Most likely a new wiring harness will solve the problem, an inexpensive
> investment in money, if not in time to swap it out.
>
> Curt
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 7:26 PM Michael MacLean via Healeys
> <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>
> Maybe Curt will chime in here. He's the expert.
> M
>
>
> On Sunday, July 26, 2020, 7:08:50 PM PDT, Tom Felts
> <tomfelts at windstream.net <mailto:tomfelts at windstream.net>> wrote:
>
>
> thanks Mike---I have been using that and it is OUTSTANDING. Thanks
> for the feedback. Still a little fuzzy on how to orient the cancel
> part. I did find a bare spot on one wire and covered it. We will see.
>
> Thanks
> tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net
> <mailto:rrengineer.mike at att.net>>
> To: Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com
> <mailto:michaelsalter at gmail.com>>, Tom Felts
> <Tomfelts at windstream.net <mailto:Tomfelts at windstream.net>>
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 22:04:25 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update
>
>
> Tom go to http://www.healey6.com/technical.htm
>
>
>
> Scroll down to trafficator. Plenty of info there.
>
> On Sunday, July 26, 2020, 3:47:31 PM PDT, Tom Felts via Healeys
> <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for all the feedback-----so far I have removed the business
> end of the trafficator (a real pain to get back together) and found
> no reason there for the horn to blow by itself. The insides of the
> trafficator needed a good cleaning anyway, the signal light contacts
> were filthy. OK--------put it all back together and still the horn
> blows when I push the wheel forward-------so----guess the next move
> is to pull it all out of the tube and inspect it.
>
> quick question----what is the position of the cancelling piece on
> the metal ring in relation to the two "triggers"? should that piece
> be centered between the two triggers? Assume so. That's where I
> put it, but I'm not getting canceling now.
>
> Great way to spend pandemic time:):)
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Salter via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net
> <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
> To: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>>
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 15:43:30 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8
>
> Certainly agree with Bob.
> I would think that the stator harness (inside the stator tube which
> is inside the steering shaft which is inside the steering column) is
> damaged.
> The stator harness can be changed without actually removing the
> stator tube, easier on your car with the adjustable steering wheel,
> but it takes careful work and some degree of patience.
>
> M
>
>
> On Sun., Jul. 26, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Bob Spidell, <bspidell at comcast.net
> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>
> The horn button grounds the circuit IIRC (the lead is hot). Check
> the connectors out of the steering box, but if it's not that then,
> yeah, you have something exposed to ground somewhere.
>
>
> Bob
>
> On 7/26/2020 8:16 AM, Tom Felts wrote:
>
> When I move the steering wheel in toward the dash, the horn
> blows. Not caused by the horn button--I have it removed----my
> guess---a bare wire somewhere in the column----or-----????? Any
> ideas before I pull these wires out of the column with all that
> entails?
>
> Thanks
> tom
>
>
>
>
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