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horn contacts replacement 120-130

posted by  honeychrome on  Wed Jan 26 00:52 CST 2005
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I just did this over Christmas- my horn was hard to get to sound, had to push the ring just right, etc.) t's pretty simple (though do Ron's test first to make sure it really is the horn contact that's the problem). It's just a couple phillips head screws then three tiny circlips- be careful not to lose those! There is a spring-loaded contact at the end of the wire coming up inside the column, which I think was actually the problem in my case- I added a washer to it to raise it a bit and make the contact more secure. Cleaned up everything really well and made a new ring out of some old neoprene wetsuit material. As Ron says, like a mousepad, this will eventually deteriorate, but it will still last a long time (the wetsuit I cut it from is at least 15 years old and showed no deterioration- just a bit of mold!). Use one of the contact rings to draw a pattern on the neoprene- you'll have to then cut it a bit smaller than the drawn pattern. You'll also want a hole-punch. A pretty easy task, and you can hear the results immediately!
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Tom NYC






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