Tom Reichard wrote:
>
> We don't get too many dreary, drizzly, cold days in SC, but this is one of
> them and I just spent part of it tracking down the wiring of the horn in my
> '77 Midget. Turns out everything works like it's supposed to EXCEPT that the
> steering column is not grounded, and therefore when the horn button connects
> the Purple and Black wire from the horn to ground, there's no ground there.
> With its supports bolted to the body etc., it seems to me the steering
> column would be grounded just in the natural order of things, but that's not
> the case, at least with my car. Anyone know how the steering column is
> supposed to get its ground? Is there a strap somewhere?
> Thanks,
> Tom
I've never found an earthing strap on either car and my RB V8 had a poor grade
earth
rather than none at all, so I just fitted a relay behind the dash. The CB
roadster
has no problem, though.
PaulH.
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