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Here is a photo of the steering wheel and hub that came
with my car. It does not resemble any of the steering
columns shown in TRF. Moss or VB. My car is mostly a 1969
TR6.

The horn components I ordered will not work with this
steering hub. Can anyone identify this hub so I can order the proper horn button components.?

Maybe someone with a 1969 TR6 could post a photo of the
steering wheel head?

thanks,

dale

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Dale-

That's definitely off a 69 TR6, the design only lasted for 1 year. The spokes were originally painted a flat or satin black I believe.

As to horn components, are you sure about that? The contact ring you are holding goes behind the steering wheel hub, so you need to pull the wheel first.

The horn brush comes in a couple of different lengths, so there is a chance you have the incorrect length version.

For the steering column bush you will need to pull the column out of the car first.

Randy
65 TR4 (and former 69 TR6 owner)
 
dale- It is not uncommon to find an after market wheel on our cars. As you are finding out the problems can be the horn might take some work to get it to "Honk".
I don't think you need that new stuff.
All that is not needed for your horn and steering wheel. I think what you need to do is hook that P/B to one of the lucar connectors and the other is for a ground. You might not need the ground depending if your wheel is connected thru the steering shaft. Then you need to make sure you have the ground strap at the coupler
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Then check to see if there is another one at the steering rack. We discussed this a week or so ago.
 
Sorry, but to make it clear, this is not an aftermarket wheel - it is very likely the original wheel on Dale's 69 TR6, despite all the other Pedro modifications.

Randy
 
And thank you once again Pedro!!

Inside out, upside down steering wheel.

There appears to be no wire access holes thru this hub.

I am thinking about drilling a hole in back of the hub
to run my p/b horn wire and ground wire right to the horn
button spades. Nothing inside the hub is grounded- I checked.

d
 
I think the wheel is correct. Is the middle is weird??
Mine has been off for 8 years, I don't remember what it looks like.
I don't think it's backward.
 
Tinster said:
There appears to be no wire access holes thru this hub.
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That's right ! The only "wire" inside the hub is the plunger you bought (visible in the second photo above), which goes through a hole just for it in the hub (visible in the first photo). One end of the plunger is the contact for the horn button (which is grounded to the steering wheel hub, which in turn is grounded to the steering shaft, which is grounded by that jumper across the rubber joint, through the rack & pinion and then through the wire from the R&P to the body).

The other end of the plunger (with the roller) rides on a fixed contact ring inside the steering column, which should have a wire with a bullet connector that runs off through the harness to the relay on Dan's Power Block.

The other side of the relay is supplied with (fused) power all the time, so whenever the ground circuit is completed, the horns sound.
 
Dale this is were the ring goes. then 3 prong gismo goes on next the the wheel and then the nut(?)
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Andy, no it is not correct for the 6. It's been Pedroized.
A new adjective has been born. Somebody contact Websters
 
DNK said:
Andy, no it is not correct for the 6. It's been Pedroized.
A new adjective has been born. Somebody contact Websters
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Ah, I see that was more or less established in the "Need Horn Button Help" thread, which I'd not yet caught up on. Mea culpa.

Dale, is that a genuine Lucas horn button? If so, is there a part number on it anywhere? or was there a Lucas (or Stanpart) number on the receipt for the order?
 
The wheel is exactly like the one shown on page 537 of the Bently manual. So I think it is the correct wheel. My horn push looks different and only has one tab on the back (but I have a '71). As others have said, the plunger goes into the hole in the hub.

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The piece with a brass ring goes behind the steering wheel hub. You have to take the wheel off to put it in place.

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There is only one wire. It is purple and black and is connected to the brass ring.

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Bryan
 
I didn't mean to cause any consternation.
All I meant with my comment is that the spokes of the wheel appear to curve away from the driver toward the rim when they should curve toward him.
Is that right Dale? If so all one has to do to correct that is to unbolt the wheel from the hub and turn it around. If I did not see that right then forget about it as it has no bearing on your problem.
BTW Dale the hole for the horn brush is located at the 10 o'clock position in your second photo just above the white arrow head.
 
RomanH said:
BTW Dale the hole for the horn brush is located at the 10 o'clock position in your second photo just above the white arrow head.
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Gol Dang your right!! didn't even see it. So ignore all my thoughts on the Pedro pieces. You need that ring with the purple wire attached. come to think of it I might have an old one. If your not in a hurry I'll see what I got.
 
I wonder why DPO Pedro's junkyard mechanic
removed it? That seems like a whole lot of work.

d
 
Seem to remember that the little brass and spriong assembly should go long end first. If the spring breaks and it's installed small bass down it is hard to remove and repair.
Am I right?
 
I still cannot image why DPO Pedro's junkyard mechanic took
everything apart and then installed the horn button with
chewing gum and left out all the parts.

I'm certainly not going to attempt to remove the entire
steering to get Amos a functional horn.
There will soon be a rocker switch hooked to the horns.

d
 
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