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    8/23/2020 2:08 PM  #1

    Geoff H
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    Woodgrain steering wheel horn issue

    Hello
    I recently bought a woodgrain steering wheel for my 67 fastback.
    I replaced the standard unit but I must be missing something because there's no way that this can work.
    It physically bolts onto the steering shaft but if I bolt it down to have an acceptable gap between the bottom of the wheel and the top of the steering column, the horn goes off.
    As soon as both spring loaded contacts under the wheel actually touch the two rings, the horn goes off.

    Do I need to modify my column to use this steering wheel?

    This is the one I  bought:
    https://www.cjponyparts.com/steering-wheel-with-horn-ring-woodgrain-mustang-1967/p/STW7/

    Thanks!

    Geoff H.

     

    8/23/2020 2:21 PM  #2

    MS
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    Re: Woodgrain steering wheel horn issue

    Seems to me there is something shorting within the steering wheel horn mechanism.  I have seen the uneven horn contact rings on that type steering wheel, but your issue might be in the wheel’s horn contacts.

    Also, the gap between the wheel and horn contacts might be so tight it is grounding one of the main spring-loaded contacts.  To adjust that gap, loosen the two nuts that hold the column to the bottom of the dash and push the column tube towards the steering box to widen the gap.  That is really the only adjustability as far as the spring-loaded horn contacts, other than in the wheel’s horn mechanism. .

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    8/23/2020 9:08 PM  #3

    Geoff H
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    Re: Woodgrain steering wheel horn issue

    Well, the entire car was rewired with an American Autowire classic Mustang upgrade kit.
    I wonder if they didn't reverse the two wires to the horn.
    Which wire should be hot and which is the return/ground?
    If they were reversed, the body would be "hot" and the expected hot wire would come into contact with the ground side of the steering wheel.

    Could someone tell me which of those wires should be positive?
    The one at the top of the column or bottom?

    Thanks in advance.

    GH 

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