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markowyo · 10-29-2007, 06:46 PM

My contact "assembly" was pretty shot. It has a little plastic piece which holds a spring in place which pushes the contact down, and all this fits through a hole in the center of the steering wheel. I added another spring and held the little plastic thingy secure with some electrical shrink wrap. I think my mod is better than the original.

If you have nothing in there but the horn contact, you can probably fashion something from a Bic pen or plastic tubing from the hardware store (plastic thingy) and a spring with some shrink wrap.

If you can't find a picture, I have a blow up from a late 60s shop manual which should help you visualize it, & which could probably be faxed or scanned/emailed.

Good luck.

10-29-2007, 06:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
markowyo Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: northern Wyoming Posts: 27	steering wheel contacts My contact "assembly" was pretty shot. It has a little plastic piece which holds a spring in place which pushes the contact down, and all this fits through a hole in the center of the steering wheel. I added another spring and held the little plastic thingy secure with some electrical shrink wrap. I think my mod is better than the original. If you have nothing in there but the horn contact, you can probably fashion something from a Bic pen or plastic tubing from the hardware store (plastic thingy) and a spring with some shrink wrap. If you can't find a picture, I have a blow up from a late 60s shop manual which should help you visualize it, & which could probably be faxed or scanned/emailed. Good luck.