[Shotimes] Steering wheel/column possible electrical problems

[sho2go]

Sounds like the clockspring under the airbag is dirty.  They put some sort
of grease on it during assembly and it gums up over the years.  You'll need
to pull the wheel and airbag, then you will see what I am talking about.
Its possible one of the fingers are broken, but probably not.  Clean
everything with alcohol, and a pencil eraser to finish.  Take care of the
wires.
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Barrett" <dougb@ez-net.com>
To: <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 3:09 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Steering wheel/column possible electrical problems


> Hello all,
>
> After lurking around the mailing list for a while, I figure now is about
> time to ask a question about a problem I'm having with my '93 Silver ATX.
>
> I turn to the collective about this problem because I have just about run
> out of patience.  The buttons for my cruise control used to somewhat work;
> I'd have to press 'off' or 'coast' to set the speed, resume would work,
but
> none of the other buttons did anything.  After a while, the combination
> changed.  I needed to press off then on then off again to get it to set,
> other times pressing off 3 times then set worked; now they don't do
anything.
>
> Also I just found out yesterday that the horn doesn't work either.  I
> checked all of the fuses and they are all okay.  I know the horn does work
> because I tested it with the 'panic' button on the remote.  Today I pulled
> apart the dash looking for a loose wiring harness and was unable to find
> any connections that were loose.  While under there, I figured I'd check
my
> high beam indicator lamp since it wasn't working; the bulb was fine.  The
> high beams do work, just not the indicator.
>
> So after all of that, what I am asking is whether I should be looking for
> some common harness somewhere to test wires and/or connections or what?
>
> On a side note, I bought this car with a bad tranny from my
> father-in-law.  Most of this seemed to happen after I had it replaced by a
> local Ford dealership, although it may have happened while sitting at his
> house.  I'm not sure what the maintenance history is on this car either,
> because my father-in-law only owned it for about 2 years.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug Barrett
>
> '93 Silver/Black Leather ATX
> 88,000mi
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