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

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If it's the piece I'm thinking of its GM based and should be super easy to get.

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

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From: 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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