so day after putting it in it seemed like it was getting "seated" and it worked at the sides well but the center took some time to kind of start working.
yesterday it worked all day at all times and in all "positions".
this morning i tried it a bunch of times right after starting it and rolling...
lol. better than it did before. it wasn't working at all before. still not perfect though. i just didn't have the heart to troubleshoot it more just yet.
<edit: actually seems to be working fine this morning. maybe it needs to get seated or something? i'll keep an eye on it.>
so thanks a lot to everyone that was able to help on this one. my symptoms were a non-working horn and a couple of months ago i accidentally bought the $10 brass plunger deal with the spring on it which is for the earlier 80. so i tore it apart and got to the clock spring and had to back out...