Horn button wire
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Horn button wire
Getting ready to run the wire for the horn button on my '50 F2. Steering column is stock and the entire button assembly/wire was missing when I got it.
Where/how does the wire exit at the bottom of the steering column? Haven't found any diagrams that show that.
Thanks for your help.
Where/how does the wire exit at the bottom of the steering column? Haven't found any diagrams that show that.
Thanks for your help.
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Wire goes down the center of the steering column and out the bottom. You'll want to clean up the end of the column to find the exit. The wire then typically joins the wire bundle. Van Pelt has diagrams http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/F...48-50truck.jpg
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Mine had no horn wire in the column when I got it. I was trying to feed the wire through the column to the hole in the bottom of the steering box, but something was in the way. Turns out it was the contact from the end of the original horn wire. Someone had merely pulled out the old wire through the bottom.
I used my shop vac to suck it out the top. After that, the wire threaded through the hole easily.
I used my shop vac to suck it out the top. After that, the wire threaded through the hole easily.
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OK, that's what I was trying to figure out. The wire goes down the center of the steering column, straight thru the steering box and exits on the back/bottom side.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Mine had no horn wire in the column when I got it. I was trying to feed the wire through the column to the hole in the bottom of the steering box, but something was in the way. Turns out it was the contact from the end of the original horn wire. Someone had merely pulled out the old wire through the bottom.
I used my shop vac to suck it out the top. After that, the wire threaded through the hole easily.
I used my shop vac to suck it out the top. After that, the wire threaded through the hole easily.
Glad I found this thread.....Now I know what is jammed inside the lower shaft.
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Perhaps air pressure from the bottom to remove debris such as pieces of wire and or electrical contacts. Probably even work for mud daubers.
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The lower 4 - 5 inches is part of the steering box end cap. Worse come to worse, just take that off. The tube that is part of that slides into the steering shaft bore. When feeding the wire from the top, the bullet connection will hang up on the lip of the lower tube, can be frustrating to get it to feed into the lower part.
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