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Gene Riffe (aka hotrodgene) [ View ] [ genejanice@verizon.net ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] Saint Petersburg, Florida (727) 522-9856  Gene Riffe

My horn button will shock each time it is pushed.I have run another ground wire direct from battery ground to steering wheel and also to column with no help.I then replaced the horn with another,no help.The horn does blow fine it just gives a shock each time.Any help appreciated.Thanks

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Posted by da34guy  -  03/29/2007 06:22 PM Don't honk the horn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by 29robert  -  03/29/2007 08:12 PM Isn't that the new mandated safety feature to help prevent road rage? Just don't drive that sucker in an electrical storm. 29robert [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] La Verne, California Charter Member since November 2004   Posted by Streetrodder007  -  03/30/2007 04:27 PM I had the same problem a few years ago. I called Ididit and they told me about a shear pin that was not making a good connection inside the column. They can walk you through the whole problem, and give solutions. Streetrodder007 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Port Huron, Michigan Charter Member since April 2006   Posted by dixie  -  03/29/2007 08:58 PM ha i'll b dam. try stickimg your finger in cig lighter socket when you honk it then if it don't shock you thats your solution.bad ground on that hickey. jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by kwaite  -  03/29/2007 09:49 PM Dixie, should he wet his finger before he puts it in the lighter socket????? :-) kwaite [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Brighton, Michigan   Posted by dixie  -  03/29/2007 09:54 PM Yea that would work much better, might try his tongue like the kid with the flag pole,nothing ventured nothing gained. jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by hotrodgene  -  03/29/2007 10:01 PM I though I was posting on a help column but I guess I was wrong it turns out to be a joke column since a lot of jokers out there.Maybe some of you will ask for help sometime and I will be able to comment. Gene Riffe [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg, Florida   Posted by Rods & Customs by Leon  -  03/29/2007 10:02 PM You have a bad ground, What colum and wheel/horn button are you using Rods & Customs by Leon [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Highlands, Texas Charter Member since May 2004   Posted by hotrodgene  -  03/29/2007 10:11 PM Thanks Leon,I have a Flaming River column with there Banjo wheel and button.Like I said I was sure it was a grn.problem and temp.ran a jumper from battery to steering wheel,shaft ,column all the same.It sure feels like a feed back but I have tried the ground direct. Gene Riffe [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg, Florida   Posted by dixie  -  03/29/2007 10:12 PM now now don't get upset just trying to get you, looks like i did it. read it again told you it was abad ground just take it apart an you'll find it shorting when you press botton. jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by kwaite  -  03/29/2007 10:26 PM Gene, check under the button for wire clearance from the button or a pinch point on the wire, your contacting the button at some point when you press it kwaite [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Brighton, Michigan   Posted by hotrodgene  -  03/29/2007 10:45 PM Kwaite,I just tried what you suggested and I disconnected the grn.wire and cut it off about 4 inches and reattached and didn't shock me.Dont know why they had so much wire there but they did.I will know tomorrow since don't want to wake up neighbor tonight.I still didn't see a cut or rubbing spot anywhere.Thanks a bunch Gene Riffe [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg, Florida   Posted by meangene  -  03/29/2007 10:47 PM had same problem check the wire in side the hub the button just grounds the horn its a bad conection or the conection on the button is touching even a blind hog finds a acorn [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Labadie, Missouri   Posted by bigdude  -  03/29/2007 11:07 PM That extra length wire is for all the different adapters and wheels out there. I had one do the same thing to me a long time ago----got your attention didnt it? resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by Rods & Customs by Leon  -  03/29/2007 11:20 PM Check the ground wire comming out of the colum. and make sure you have a good body ground I have basicly the same setup that will shock you while your working on it, but once its assembled, its fine. Rods & Customs by Leon [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Highlands, Texas Charter Member since May 2004   Posted by APLUS  -  03/30/2007 02:17 AM My Flaming River column would shock me when attempting to use the turn signal lever. Almost made me want to go back to hand signals but most of the younger folks wouldn't know what they meant or pay any attention to hand signals. Ended up being a pinched wire under the turn signal assembly. APLUS [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Austin, Texas   Posted by ibuildm  -  08/22/2007 07:24 PM The reason you are getting shocked is that your aluminum horn button is not grounded to the wheel or the adapter. It has a 0-ring around the center button tat insulates it from the hub. When you honk the horn it charges the field winding in the horn relay and when you let off the horn the field collapses and induces a high voltage back to the button. The button is isolated from the hub and your hand is the path to ground. Most billet horn buttons have a small tapped hole on the back where you can hook a wire and run it down to one of the threaded holdes in the hub. When you hook the two together you won't light up any more. Tim ibuildm [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Spokane, Washington   Posted by FrankMcD  -  08/22/2007 09:02 PM Wow, Great answer tim! I have the same problem and also have a billet banjo w/aluminum horn button. It does have a threaded hole in horn button and the rubber o ring. Thanks Frank FrankMcD [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Drexel Hill, Pennsylvannia   Posted by jimmothershead  -  08/23/2007 09:36 AM Gene.......is there a horn relay in the system? Jim Jim [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Huntingtown, Maryland

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