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

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Try these and see if one looks familiar.
http://motors.search.ebay.com/GM-horn-contact_W0QQfromZR40


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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: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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