Welcome to the world of the Bellville Spring steering wheel family! These two steering wheels don't use a horn contact pad and jumper wire as do most steering wheels of this era. They use a slightly domed flat contact called a Bellville Spring. Basically, you push on the horn cap in the middle of the wheel, it pushes down on the domed spring to make it flat, that touches a horn contact rod (held down by a collar and spring) and the horn blows. Here is how it all goes together. I am assuming that whoever you are, you know how to pull a steering wheel and have some other hand tools needed.
Here is the type of wheel we are dealing with.....round center horn button.
Here are the parts that you will need. All of them are available Dixie Monte Carlo and I have read that they may be purchased from NAPA. If you have the 3 plastic screws, you don't need the packaged ones. They both do the same purpose.
Here is the assembly that may give you trouble. In the Horn Spring Kit that I purchased, the "contact rod" was too short to stick out far enough through the steering wheel to touch the Bellville Spring when it was depressed by the horn button. I needed a longer one so I took a machine screw (bolt) that would fit inside the spring and through many pullings and installs, came up with the correct length for me. Make sure to flatten and smooth down the head where it will ride on the brass cam in the column.
Here is the length that I came up with. You may need a longer or shorter length. Hopefully the packaged "rod" will work for you.....but it was too short for me.
This is the starting point for the install.
Since I ramble way too much, I will post the next part in a reply under this posting.
Craig
Here is the type of wheel we are dealing with.....round center horn button.
Here are the parts that you will need. All of them are available Dixie Monte Carlo and I have read that they may be purchased from NAPA. If you have the 3 plastic screws, you don't need the packaged ones. They both do the same purpose.
Here is the assembly that may give you trouble. In the Horn Spring Kit that I purchased, the "contact rod" was too short to stick out far enough through the steering wheel to touch the Bellville Spring when it was depressed by the horn button. I needed a longer one so I took a machine screw (bolt) that would fit inside the spring and through many pullings and installs, came up with the correct length for me. Make sure to flatten and smooth down the head where it will ride on the brass cam in the column.
Here is the length that I came up with. You may need a longer or shorter length. Hopefully the packaged "rod" will work for you.....but it was too short for me.
This is the starting point for the install.
Since I ramble way too much, I will post the next part in a reply under this posting.
Craig