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Oil, windshield wipers and horn 140-160

posted by  someone claiming to be Jim Hampton on  Thu Apr 14 07:24 CST 2005 [RELATED]

Are there any problems with using a synthetic oil (Amzoil) in a B20 ('71 142)?

There are some wiring peculiarities in this '71 142 and I'm not certain if the problems are because of that or are caused by my fooling around or part failures.

The windsield washers work, but the wipers don't. I traded switches (from my 164) and the problem remains.

The horn doesn't work. The horn ring grounds properly and if I attach a wire from the battery to the horn and press the horn ring, the wire gets hot, but horn doesn't honk. I'm not certain yet which fuse protects the horn in this car. There's no power to fuse #5. Fuse #5 has nothing to do with the lighter as it should - that is hooked to # 3, I think. I'm tempted to run another wire to the horn. Do I need to use a relay?

Thanks for the help, as usual.

Jim Hampton






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