Nosbod
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| posted on 29/7/08 at 03:42 PM |
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Horn switch- Steering Wheel or Dash mount?
My donor sierra steering wheel doesn't have the slip rings or brushes for the horn so my dilema is should i go scavange for them, or just mount
a dash switch? I'll be changing the wheel once through SVA for something more aesthetically pleasing and wondered how compatible the steering
wheel mounted horns are, or should i avoid them completely and go with dash mount?
Thanks in advance,
Chris.
[Edited on 29/7/08 by Nosbod]
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coozer
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| posted on 29/7/08 at 03:44 PM |
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Steering whell for me, imagine searching the dash for the horn, the moment will be lost
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Maradona
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| posted on 29/7/08 at 03:52 PM |
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In my car is in the dash, race wheels dont have place for horn.
cheers
Diego,
The locost builder from Argentina
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/7/08 at 04:05 PM |
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I recommend you fit it to the front of the car, then when it toots you will be alerted to the fact that you have just run someone over and can
apologise 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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britishtrident
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| posted on 29/7/08 at 04:05 PM |
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Use a proper dash mounted big horn button -- horns are an heavy inductive load so you need either to use a heavy duyty switch or wire in a relay.
Most of the vintage & classic parts shops sell something suitable.
 
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BenB
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| posted on 29/7/08 at 04:12 PM |
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Dash mounted for me- I've only used the horn once and that was because someone had parked their car so it completely obstructed the side road to
the garages where I keep my car and I needed them to come out and move it so I could turn out of the side road.... As my advanced driving instructor
said "drive with the wheel not with the horn".....
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 29/7/08 at 06:06 PM |
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Neither wheel or dash - mine's behind the wheel on the steering column!
I bought a 'push in any direction to make a momentary connection' stalk switch (from SVC I think) that I put in place of the old Sierra
light & wiper switches.
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 29/7/08 at 06:21 PM |
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mine is on the steering column, i have used a fiesta mk2 stalk which is almost identical to sierra except for it has a horn push button. sierra plug
fits too, just added a spare terminal to the horn part.
rob
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