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Subject:Re: Honking while turning at slow speeds
From:Matt Drew
Date:Thu, 14 May 2009 23:55:48 -0700

Nope.
Not it.

-Honky

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:

> dear honky
> looks to me like a clear cut case of the keys making contact with the
> little space showing a metal ring under the wheel and to the left of the
> ignition...
> mine too .. beep beep ... beep beep ... that little nash rambler went beep
> ... beep beep beep beep...
> yours
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Matt Drew <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Subject line pretty much says it.
>> A few things-
>> * Happens primarily at low speeds, like when pulling into a parking spot.
>> * Happens when turning the wheel with one hand (downward pressure on the
>> wheel).
>>  -Doesn't happen when driving normally (straight). I can push as hard as I
>> want on the wheel at any point and it won't engage the horn.
>> * I haven't yet removed the 24mm nut under the horn to clean and lubricate
>> in order to rule this out as a cause of the scraping sound, but I have
>> taken
>> the horn off a couple of times and put it back in.
>>
>> So I guess the question I should be asking is . . .
>> Where is the most likely location of the short?
>>
>> OR did I unwittingly replace the horn pad incorrectly and nudge one of the
>> 2
>> wires?
>>
>> --
>> Drew, Las Vegas
>> '90 GL "Blackbeard"
>>
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Drew, Las Vegas
'90 GL "Blackbeard"