I'm horny. Horny, horny, hor.... ahh you get the idea.
So a quick horn update - We got it working today. Hooray!
As I said in my last post it stopped working after adjusting things slightly.
We had no earth once the ignition was turned on. Fine when ignition off.
So the plan of action was to try and find somewhere still earthing through the column, then take a lead from there to a point on the bodyshell.
So this is what we were looking at. The column with cowls etc removed -
The only place we could find continuity with the multi-meter was at this scalloped washer -
This was because the washer had cut through the coating on the outer steering column.
We were going to just twist some wire through one of the scallops in the washer but that seemed a bit Heath Robinson (whatever that is, I heard some old guy say it once ).
So we filed some coating off a bit further up -
We then fitted a new earth wire using a jubilee clip and routed it away past the main loom -
We then fitted an eyelet to the other end and mounted it to a bolt that holds the fuse box bracket (eyelet can be seen at top left of second pic. Poor pic sorry) -
Voila! All done and a perfectly working horn again.
The above doesn't interfere with anything on the column or wheel, especially the telescopic adjustment. The scalloped washer is actually the stop for when you push the wheel fully in. As long as you're working above the washer, nothing will be in the way.
After that it was a case of finalising the setting of the stalk unit up against the bottom of the hub to get rid of the audible scuffing sound when steering, then mounting the wheel.
I took the opportunity to renew the 6 mounting bolts on the Momo wheel.
They had always looked a bit washed out and almost dark green rather than black. you'll see it on most Momo's.
Before -
New black bolts from Bella Volante. The usual Porsche tax applies to those, but Craig bought them when he got a set for himself, cheers mate -
All done with horn push back in, although hard to see much difference in the bolts in that light. There is a difference though, honest Guv'ner. -
Anyway, it's boring but it might help someone. More mundane minor improvements to follow as the car is pretty much spot on now, so all that's left is minor snagging, like chasing an interior rattle and some wind noise at the drivers door since the bodywork.
As ever, thanks for reading. :thumb:
So a quick horn update - We got it working today. Hooray!
As I said in my last post it stopped working after adjusting things slightly.
We had no earth once the ignition was turned on. Fine when ignition off.
So the plan of action was to try and find somewhere still earthing through the column, then take a lead from there to a point on the bodyshell.
So this is what we were looking at. The column with cowls etc removed -
The only place we could find continuity with the multi-meter was at this scalloped washer -
This was because the washer had cut through the coating on the outer steering column.
We were going to just twist some wire through one of the scallops in the washer but that seemed a bit Heath Robinson (whatever that is, I heard some old guy say it once
).So we filed some coating off a bit further up -
We then fitted a new earth wire using a jubilee clip and routed it away past the main loom -
We then fitted an eyelet to the other end and mounted it to a bolt that holds the fuse box bracket (eyelet can be seen at top left of second pic. Poor pic sorry) -
Voila! All done and a perfectly working horn again.
The above doesn't interfere with anything on the column or wheel, especially the telescopic adjustment. The scalloped washer is actually the stop for when you push the wheel fully in. As long as you're working above the washer, nothing will be in the way.
After that it was a case of finalising the setting of the stalk unit up against the bottom of the hub to get rid of the audible scuffing sound when steering, then mounting the wheel.
I took the opportunity to renew the 6 mounting bolts on the Momo wheel.
They had always looked a bit washed out and almost dark green rather than black. you'll see it on most Momo's.
Before -
New black bolts from Bella Volante. The usual Porsche tax applies to those, but Craig bought them when he got a set for himself, cheers mate -
All done with horn push back in, although hard to see much difference in the bolts in that light. There is a difference though, honest Guv'ner.
-Anyway, it's boring but it might help someone. More mundane minor improvements to follow as the car is pretty much spot on now, so all that's left is minor snagging, like chasing an interior rattle and some wind noise at the drivers door since the bodywork.
As ever, thanks for reading. :thumb:
