Re: [Amc-list] Help! I need suggestions on my 86 Eagle

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

That would be the second part I mentioned. The tower part of it had a 
spring and a copper slug in it. You'll need to replace it but it 
shouldn't be too hard to find.

Matt

Jamie Smith wrote:
> Matt, 
> 
> the part I am talking about is the round part (it is mostly flat and has a copper ring). You can see where it used to have a small "tube" sticking off of it. That tube is broken off. On the steering wheel (on the cover/horn button) there is a metal tab where a wire would be plugged in. I am assuming there was a wire plugged in to that and the wire ran to something that fit inside the tube. Of course I am just assuming, since none of the horn components are there from the plastic disc out. 
> 
> Jamie
> 
> Matt Haas wrote:
> 
>> Jamie,
> 
>> There are a couple of parts related to the horn in the column. The first 
>> is a wire that runs up the column and ends in a spring loaded contact 
>> that's likely part of the turn signal switch assembly.
> 
>> The next part is part of the turn signal canceling mechanism. It's 
>> plastic part about 2 - 2.5 inches across. One side has a copper ring on 
>> it and the other side has a spring loaded contact on it that pokes up 
>> through the steering wheel. This piece is likely what's broken (or 
>> missing) since it's easy to break the part that sticks up through the 
>> wheel if you're not careful. Since AMC used Saginaw columns, this should 
>> be an easy part to find. I had to put one in my El Camino (and my 68 
>> American) when I got it and I think it was about $20 from a dealer.
> 
>> The third part is the horn button mechanism itself. There are several 
>> ways these work but all of them have to make contact with contact that 
>> sticks up through the wheel and the column itself (usually via the wheel 
>> itself).
> 
>> The last part (and also least likely to be messed up unless the car's 
>> been hacked on bad) is the column ground. They usually ground through 
>> the rag joint at the steering gear box. The two methods I've seen for 
>> grounding is a wire running from the column to the gear box side of the 
>> joint and a copper tab that does basically the same thing.
> 
>> Matt
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