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*racedvl* · 07-04-2002, 04:02 PM

I pulled my wheel off to see why the horn is not working. In the red circle, is there supposed to be something there to contact the copper ring on the turn signal cam, to make the horn work? it's been soo long since I have been in the steering coulum, I can't remember.

Thanks.

**68 Stepside** · 07-04-2002, 04:11 PM

Uhm...I think you're right, but it's been quite a while since I've been in my steering column too. Can you run a ground wire from inside that red thing, to a screw, and see if that makes connection?

TJ

*racedvl* · 07-04-2002, 04:17 PM

I guess, but the wheel is back on....

**68 Stepside** · 07-04-2002, 05:09 PM

duhm hass

*racedvl* · 07-04-2002, 11:07 PM

Your just mad because you don't have my new wheel. :P

*racedvl* · 07-05-2002, 08:18 AM

Does anyone have a pic of th peice? Looks as if I'm gonna hit the bone yard here soon....

my new 72 · 07-05-2002, 08:29 AM

The piece is basically a copper plug with a spring behind it to make the connection to the ring.

Erl · 07-05-2002, 02:15 PM

LMC sells the parts you are looking for. I had to replace mine.

**COBALT** · 07-05-2002, 02:57 PM

You're missing the horn cam, or the post on the cam (spring loaded) that connects the horn ring with the button on the steering wheel.

The cam makes connections to the horn possible + automatically shuts off the turn signals while going around corners. It's a white plastic piece with a flange on one end (with a copper ring in it), 4 lobes around the cam part, and that spring loaded post. Sometimes the cam is sold separate from the post. Other times it's combined.

Yeah, check with LMC. I think Chevy Duty and Brothers sells the cam separate from the post.

67_chevy_67 · 07-05-2002, 03:28 PM

probably best to check a junkyard

*racedvl* · 07-05-2002, 10:26 PM

No I have the horn cam. Hehe. Had to move it to look around. The steering wheel would not work so well without it. Hehe. Is that plug the same on all GM turn siginal swichs of this style? I was gonna go to a swap meet this Sunday, but mayby, I should hit the bone yard.....

68gmcjon · 07-05-2002, 11:49 PM

Race devil how did you get that temperature gauge into your dash???

Stano · 07-06-2002, 12:34 AM

I just had mine apart yesterday. There is a spring and a aluminum rod about 1 inch long with a round red plastic lock ring on it that holds it all in there. I would send you mine but the wheel I am putting on later might require it. If my buddy ever makes my horn cap. I put on a Grant GT Challenger til then.

JoetheMobster · 07-06-2002, 01:05 AM

Are any of these the parts? Mainly the white plastic part with the brass springy unit?

*racedvl* · 07-07-2002, 09:59 AM

I don't remember GM having a wire at the end of it.

JoetheMobster · 07-07-2002, 10:18 AM

This switch was part of the kit for my Grant steering wheel, so it's not a GM product. As it sits, I might have to use it because my horn's not working at the moment. I wasn't worried about the horn, because revving the engine and using the finger worked just a well!!

*racedvl* · 07-07-2002, 02:59 PM

Well I found this poor soul of a 71 swb stepside in the bone yard today. So I robbed it of it's turn signal swich. But upon getting home saw that the swich was messed up, so I removed the copper plunger and spring and installed it onto my current swich. And walla!!! I have a horn again!!

07-04-2002, 04:02 PM	#1
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Am I missing something here??? I pulled my wheel off to see why the horn is not working. In the red circle, is there supposed to be something there to contact the copper ring on the turn signal cam, to make the horn work? it's been soo long since I have been in the steering coulum, I can't remember. Thanks. Attached Images

07-04-2002, 04:11 PM	#2
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	Uhm...I think you're right, but it's been quite a while since I've been in my steering column too. Can you run a ground wire from inside that red thing, to a screw, and see if that makes connection? TJ __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

07-04-2002, 05:09 PM	#4
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	duhm hass __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

07-05-2002, 08:29 AM	#7
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	The piece is basically a copper plug with a spring behind it to make the connection to the ring. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

07-05-2002, 02:15 PM	#8
Erl Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 555	LMC sells the parts you are looking for. I had to replace mine. __________________ 1968 GMC 305 V6 3/4 4x4 Stepside 06 Corvette Daily Driver Dallas TX

07-04-2002, 04:17 PM	#3
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	I guess, but the wheel is back on....

07-04-2002, 11:07 PM	#5
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Your just mad because you don't have my new wheel. :P

07-05-2002, 08:18 AM	#6
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Does anyone have a pic of th peice? Looks as if I'm gonna hit the bone yard here soon....

07-05-2002, 02:57 PM	#9
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	You're missing the horn cam, or the post on the cam (spring loaded) that connects the horn ring with the button on the steering wheel. The cam makes connections to the horn possible + automatically shuts off the turn signals while going around corners. It's a white plastic piece with a flange on one end (with a copper ring in it), 4 lobes around the cam part, and that spring loaded post. Sometimes the cam is sold separate from the post. Other times it's combined. Yeah, check with LMC. I think Chevy Duty and Brothers sells the cam separate from the post. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

07-05-2002, 03:28 PM	#10
67_chevy_67 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: BC,CANADA Posts: 34	probably best to check a junkyard __________________ if u know any one with a 67 chev c-10 shortbox for sale tell them to email me at rylan_hodge@hotmail.com

07-05-2002, 10:26 PM	#11
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	No I have the horn cam. Hehe. Had to move it to look around. The steering wheel would not work so well without it. Hehe. Is that plug the same on all GM turn siginal swichs of this style? I was gonna go to a swap meet this Sunday, but mayby, I should hit the bone yard.....

07-05-2002, 11:49 PM	#12
68gmcjon Got earplugs? Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winfield, Kansas Posts: 556	Race devil how did you get that temperature gauge into your dash???

07-06-2002, 12:34 AM	#13
Stano Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Mo Posts: 963	I just had mine apart yesterday. There is a spring and a aluminum rod about 1 inch long with a round red plastic lock ring on it that holds it all in there. I would send you mine but the wheel I am putting on later might require it. If my buddy ever makes my horn cap. I put on a Grant GT Challenger til then. __________________ New daily driver 96 Chevy K3500 crew cab dually 53,000 miles 350 Vortec 4L80 Nice ride 67 Chevy C-10 LWB Built 350 TH-400 Wifes ride and family rig: 2001 Furd Expedition 5.4 Liter Kickin back in Rolla,Mo. USA "Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain" Mark Twain

07-06-2002, 01:05 AM	#14
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	Are any of these the parts? Mainly the white plastic part with the brass springy unit? Attached Images __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

07-07-2002, 09:59 AM	#15
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	I don't remember GM having a wire at the end of it.



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07-07-2002, 10:18 AM	#16
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	This switch was part of the kit for my Grant steering wheel, so it's not a GM product. As it sits, I might have to use it because my horn's not working at the moment. I wasn't worried about the horn, because revving the engine and using the finger worked just a well!! __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

07-07-2002, 02:59 PM	#17
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Well I found this poor soul of a 71 swb stepside in the bone yard today. So I robbed it of it's turn signal swich. But upon getting home saw that the swich was messed up, so I removed the copper plunger and spring and installed it onto my current swich. And walla!!! I have a horn again!!

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