FIXED MY HORN!
I was asking here about adding an aftermarket horn button on the dash and somebody chimed in and said.... "why don't you just fix the original one?" With no good answer for that question..... that's what I did. So thanks for whoever said that. A real safety item here in crazy SoCal, so I'm glad it's done
I was missing the rubber ring isolater and brush pin up in the steering wheel contact assembly. I found a cool solution here on mud from Cruiser Cult. It's $60 bucks, but that part is awesome. It's actually 3 parts in one and just works!
Also had to buy a new horn relay as mine was blown. Went with the SOR original style. Was probably way overpriced as compared to others, but went in easy and also just worked.
Then, I went with a new plastic horn button center and painted it the same as my seat frames. Tried to do the 2 color with the white triangle, but my hands are just too damn shaky for fine work like that. The mono metallic rustoleum actually looks better in my opinion. polished the little brass ring and powder coated the metal rim.
Functionally, I had 12 volts everywhere, but had to dremel wire wheel all the ground areas that were rusty. Any novices like me, make sure you've got 12 volts at the relay and good ground everywhere. Ground at the column shaft, ground at the relay and gound at the horns. And clean all those connection spots, bolts and threads with a dremel wire wheel or file or something. The rusty ground spots were the key for me after installing the new parts
Simple but fun and satisfying project.
HONK HONK!
I was asking here about adding an aftermarket horn button on the dash and somebody chimed in and said.... "why don't you just fix the original one?" With no good answer for that question..... that's what I did. So thanks for whoever said that. A real safety item here in crazy SoCal, so I'm glad it's done
I was missing the rubber ring isolater and brush pin up in the steering wheel contact assembly. I found a cool solution here on mud from Cruiser Cult. It's $60 bucks, but that part is awesome. It's actually 3 parts in one and just works!
63-72 FJ40 FJ45 horn contact ring and brush
Chances are your horn contact seat, brush and isolator are rusted and broken at this point in history! We are very pleased to offer a reproduction FJ40 FJ45 Land Cruiser horn contact "seat" , brush and rubber isolator! We designed and made these in house with pride. These are made out of thick...
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Also had to buy a new horn relay as mine was blown. Went with the SOR original style. Was probably way overpriced as compared to others, but went in easy and also just worked.
Then, I went with a new plastic horn button center and painted it the same as my seat frames. Tried to do the 2 color with the white triangle, but my hands are just too damn shaky for fine work like that. The mono metallic rustoleum actually looks better in my opinion. polished the little brass ring and powder coated the metal rim.
Functionally, I had 12 volts everywhere, but had to dremel wire wheel all the ground areas that were rusty. Any novices like me, make sure you've got 12 volts at the relay and good ground everywhere. Ground at the column shaft, ground at the relay and gound at the horns. And clean all those connection spots, bolts and threads with a dremel wire wheel or file or something. The rusty ground spots were the key for me after installing the new parts
Simple but fun and satisfying project.
HONK HONK!
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