<VV> Something interesting about the horn

[Jim Houston]

I discovered something over the weekend that I haven't seen mentioned 
before. The problem was the horn on my '65 Monza would sometimes sound 
for no reason . . wouldn't really stick, shaking the wheel would make it 
stop. What really made me decide to look was when I was removing a wheel 
and I kicked the tire and the horn beeped!! What I found was this. 
Inside the hub on the turn signal assembly is a wire with female spade 
connector where the brass ring attaches... the female connector has a 
small "finger" that sticks up and prevents the connector from moving 
down out of its slot. This finger was bent flat on my car and the 
fitting was free to move down... anytime it did, the end of the 
connector would make contact with the metal part of the assembly and the 
horn would sound. I bent the finger back out where it belonged (and put 
a drop of superglue for good measure) and the problem is gone... Just 
thought this might be of interest to someone out there...

Jim Houston
Brandon, FL