[Mgs] Speaking of horns

[Hans Duinhoven]

Verify if the little spring contact also has a carbon contact end.
This should contact to the ring.
If there is no carbon contact or if it is worn, it should be replaced.
The carbon contact does not have much fristion and the spring will remain in 
a straight loaded position.
When the carbon contact is lost, the spring hardly will be spring loaded and 
the friction of the steering wheel turned will bent the spring easily again.

Cheers,
Hans
71 BGT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Whiteman" <awhitema at panix.com>
To: "MG Mailing List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 8:10 PM
Subject: [Mgs] Speaking of horns


> The horns in my '75 B hadn't been working for some time, but it was 
> something
> that I was going to look at when I got a round tuit.
>
> I had voltage at the purple wire into the right horn and voltage on the
> purple/black as well.  Good.
> I had no voltage to the center rode under the horn button.  Bad.
>
> After taking the center column covers off, I confirmed I had voltage at 
> the
> purple/black at the steering column and had no continuity from the wheel 
> to
> the wire terminal. Hmm.
>
> Turns out the little spring contact that bridges to the wheel from the 
> column
> had relaxed away and I had an open circuit there.  A bit of mucking about 
> with
> needle nosed pliers fixed it and I now have a nice honk again.
>
> But my question is this: anybody else experience this, and how long should 
> I
> expect my horns to last before I have to do this again?
>
> --
> Aaron