[Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update

[Curtis Arndt]

Most likely a new wiring harness will solve the problem, an inexpensive
investment in money, if not in time to swap it out.

Curt

On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 7:26 PM Michael MacLean via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Maybe Curt will chime in here.  He's the expert.
> M
>
> On Sunday, July 26, 2020, 7:08:50 PM PDT, Tom Felts <
> tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:
>
>
> thanks Mike---I have been using that and it is OUTSTANDING.  Thanks for
> the feedback.  Still a little fuzzy on how to orient the cancel part.  I
> did find a bare spot on one wire and covered it.  We will see.
>
> Thanks
> tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
> To: Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>, Tom Felts <
> Tomfelts at windstream.net>
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> Sent: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 22:04:25 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8--update
>
>
> Tom go to http://www.healey6.com/technical.htm
>
>
>
> Scroll down to trafficator.  Plenty of info there.
>
> On Sunday, July 26, 2020, 3:47:31 PM PDT, Tom Felts via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for all the feedback-----so far I have removed the business end of
> the trafficator (a real pain to get back together) and found no reason
> there for the horn to blow by itself.  The insides of the trafficator
> needed a good cleaning anyway, the signal light contacts were filthy.
> OK--------put it all back together and still the horn blows when I push the
> wheel forward-------so----guess the next move is to pull it all out of the
> tube and inspect it.
>
> quick question----what is the position of the cancelling piece on the
> metal ring in relation to the two "triggers"?  should that piece be
> centered between the two triggers?  Assume so.  That's where I put it, but
> I'm not getting canceling now.
>
> Great way to spend pandemic time:):)
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Salter via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> To: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> Sent: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 15:43:30 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Horn blowing--BJ8
>
> Certainly agree with Bob.
> I would think that the stator harness (inside the stator tube which is
> inside the steering shaft which is inside the steering column) is damaged.
> The stator harness can be changed without actually removing the stator
> tube, easier on your car with the adjustable steering wheel,  but it takes
> careful work and some degree of patience.
>
> M
>
>
> On Sun., Jul. 26, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Bob Spidell, <bspidell at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> The horn button grounds the circuit IIRC (the lead is hot). Check
> the connectors out of the steering box, but if it's not that then,
> yeah, you have something exposed to ground somewhere.
>
>
> Bob
>
> On 7/26/2020 8:16 AM, Tom Felts wrote:
>
> When I move the steering wheel in toward the dash, the horn
> blows.  Not caused by the horn button--I have it removed----my
> guess---a bare wire somewhere in the column----or-----?????  Any
> ideas before I pull these wires out of the column with all that
> entails?
>
> Thanks
> tom
>
>
>
>
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