<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div>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. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>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.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Great way to spend pandemic time:):)</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Tom</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Michael Salter via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br>To: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net><br>Cc: healeys@autox.team.net<br>Sent: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 15:43:30 -0400 (EDT)<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto"><div>Certainly agree with Bob.<div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div><br><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun., Jul. 26, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;" data-mce-style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><br> The horn button grounds the circuit IIRC (the lead is hot). Check<br> the connectors out of the steering box, but if it's not that then,<br> yeah, you have something exposed to ground somewhere.<br><div><br></div><br> Bob<br><div><br></div><div>On 7/26/2020 8:16 AM, Tom Felts wrote:<br></div><blockquote><div>When I move the steering wheel in toward the dash, the horn<br> blows. Not caused by the horn button--I have it removed----my<br> guess---a bare wire somewhere in the column----or-----????? Any<br> ideas before I pull these wires out of the column with all that<br> entails?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>tom</div><br></blockquote><br></div><br><div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br><div><br></div>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br><div><br></div>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><div><br></div><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><div><br></div><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" data-mce-href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><div><br></div><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com</a><br><div><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>