cheers n beers NEVHORN CONTACT
HORN CONTACT
Hi does any one know what to use for the insulator that inserts in to steering wheel that houses the horn contact ?????, its a black insert with a collar i,m figuiring that they must be rare seeing as there is one s/h on ebay for 99 bucks cheers n beers NEV
cheers n beers NEV
Re: HORN CONTACT
Have you checked rares website?
Wayne Chambers
President
FB EK Holden Car Club of N.S.W
President
FB EK Holden Car Club of N.S.W
Re: HORN CONTACT
Rares dont list it , only the contact
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Best bet would be to find someone on the forum with a shagged wheel, and buy the inserts off them.
Having said that, I've used PVC tube in desperation before
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Cheers,
Harv
Having said that, I've used PVC tube in desperation before
.Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
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I,ll fabricate something if nothing turns up
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Nev, I've just had mine to bits to do up the contact - those three insulators you're looking for come in a number of different sizes.
The different sizes are designated by colour.
Mine are all green.
The sizes/colours are:-
Red - 0.299" - 0.303"
Blue/Black Mottle - 0.305" - 0.309"
Brown - 0.311" - 0.315"
Green - 0.323" - 0.327" (at least I can say I've got "something" 327 in my old bus).
Now, the gobbeldy-gook in the instructions reads - "the spacer lengths are all the same"... but the distance from the small end to the top of the tapered end varies....
So, I'm guessing - with the shorter ones shown above - there is a thicker flat section at the circumference around the top (edge) - the longer ones would have a thinner edge instead.. hope that makes sense - it's the way I read it.
What the instructions state to do is to test the horn for operation from all points of the horn ring - if it doesn't work in one third - change the size/colour of the insulator to a thicker one at the opposite side.
As Harv states - PVC tubing could be used to fill the holes and insulate the screw - and possibly use a large rivet head for strength and spacing depth...
Just my thoughts.
frats,
Rosco
The different sizes are designated by colour.
Mine are all green.
The sizes/colours are:-
Red - 0.299" - 0.303"
Blue/Black Mottle - 0.305" - 0.309"
Brown - 0.311" - 0.315"
Green - 0.323" - 0.327" (at least I can say I've got "something" 327 in my old bus).
Now, the gobbeldy-gook in the instructions reads - "the spacer lengths are all the same"... but the distance from the small end to the top of the tapered end varies....
So, I'm guessing - with the shorter ones shown above - there is a thicker flat section at the circumference around the top (edge) - the longer ones would have a thinner edge instead.. hope that makes sense - it's the way I read it.
What the instructions state to do is to test the horn for operation from all points of the horn ring - if it doesn't work in one third - change the size/colour of the insulator to a thicker one at the opposite side.
As Harv states - PVC tubing could be used to fill the holes and insulate the screw - and possibly use a large rivet head for strength and spacing depth...
Just my thoughts.
frats,
Rosco