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Re: [Healeys] update---horn blowing on its' own

To: Tom Felts <tomfelts@windstream.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] update---horn blowing on its' own
From: Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 15:11:27 -0400
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One note for others doing this job  ... the bullets that Tom mentions were
originally "staggered" in the way they were attached to the harness.
This actually allows that, after wrapping them with 1 or 2 layers of
packing tape, they can be pulled through the stator tube.

M

On Sat., Aug. 1, 2020, 2:44 p.m. Tom Felts, <tomfelts@windstream.net> wrote:

> I ended up pulling the old wiring out of the tube and replacing it with
> new.   What I found was a bare wire on the brown wire------such that when I
> pushed the column in it would push that bare spot up against the
> tube---closing the circuit and blowing the horn.  All is well now.
>
> The task is a pain but really not too bad.  I had to cut three of the
> bullets off, wrap the wire with a piece of wire and pill it thru.  then
> reattach the bullets. (you do need another hand up above to guide it into
> the inner tube).
>
> I use the Flan air horns and they use a relay---I had forgotten I had a
> horn relay installed and couldn't figure out why I got a click but no horn
> when I hooked it all back up and tried to blow the horn-------short
> answer--the relay had quit.  New relay--all is well.
>
> If you ever do this job remember that two of the 4 wire attachment posts
> are "floating" posts and will fall out when you remove the wire if you
> don't block them from behind--and THIS is bad news-----------you either
> spend tons of time trying tore-insert them ( using a flat small object or
> you take the trafficator apart in order to get them back in---not what you
> want to do.
>
> Thankfully mine is back together and working nicely.
> Tom
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<div dir=3D"auto">One note for others doing this job=C2=A0 ... the bullets =
that Tom mentions were originally &quot;staggered&quot; in the way they wer=
e attached to the harness.<div dir=3D"auto">This actually allows that, afte=
r wrapping them with 1 or 2 layers of packing tape, they can be pulled thro=
ugh the stator tube.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"aut=
o">M</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gm=
ail_attr">On Sat., Aug. 1, 2020, 2:44 p.m. Tom Felts, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:tomfelts@windstream.net">tomfelts@windstream.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px=
 #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>I ended up pulling the old wiring o=
ut of the tube and replacing it with new.=C2=A0 =C2=A0What I found was a ba=
re wire on the brown wire------such that when I pushed the column in it wou=
ld push that bare spot up against the tube---closing the circuit and blowin=
g the horn.=C2=A0 All is well now.</div><div><br></div><div>The task is a p=
ain but really not too bad.=C2=A0 I had to cut three of the bullets off, wr=
ap the wire with a piece of wire and pill it thru.=C2=A0 then reattach the =
bullets. (you do need another hand up above to guide it into the inner tube=
).=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div> I use the Flan air horns and they use a =
relay---I had forgotten I had a horn relay installed and couldn&#39;t figur=
e out why I got a click but no horn when I hooked it all back up and tried =
to blow the horn-------short answer--the relay had quit.=C2=A0 New relay--a=
ll is well.</div><div><br></div><div>If you ever do this job remember that =
two of the 4 wire attachment posts are &quot;floating&quot; posts and will =
fall out when you remove the wire if you don&#39;t block them from behind--=
and THIS is bad news-----------you either spend tons of time trying tore-in=
sert them ( using a flat small object or you take the trafficator apart in =
order to get them back in---not what you want to do.</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Thankfully mine is back together and working nicely.</div><div>Tom</div>=
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