Ford Model A Horn and Light Switch Rod Replacement | Steering Rebuild
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Episode 26 - 2-Tooth Steering Rebuild - Rebuilding the Horn and Light Switch Rod
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On this episode of Epic Restorationz George and Chris finish up the 2-tooth steering rebuild by installing a new horn and light switch rod. Join us as we show you how we worked through some fitment problems with some reproduction parts and got our steering rebuild wrapped up and on the car. The Ford Model A restoration continues at Epic Neon.
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To any new model a owner, this video is a must, especially if you're purchasing new parts,and you know they come from China,so you have to first see how everything everything fits together.Before you think you can assemble it to the car, watch this video.This is the best I think I have ever seen
Thanks! Appreciate it!
Great video.
I am doing the same thing on a 1932 BB truck. You just saved me a lot of time and frustration as I am sure the rod and spider and clip work the same. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
Absolutely! Hope it helps you. Good luck on your truck!
Approved!
Thanks Paul!
The view of the horseshoe retainer clip for the horn rod was exactly what I needed to figure out how to get the steering wheel off of a '37 Ford, they use the same setup down at the steering box. Thanks for posting this, very helpful.
I’m glad it was helpful to you. Good luck on your car!
Older video, very good explanation of installation on light switch and steering wheel, can tell you have patience, these parts don't always fit sometimes, a little extra work and everything turns out fine, great video,THANKS SUBSCRIBED
Patience is a “must” when working on a Model A. Things don’t always go as planned. Thanks for watching!
This sure came in handy as I needed to fit the clip to the spider gear of my '31 Coupe just today.
Thanks for posting.
We’re glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!
This is fantastic, thank you!
Glad it was helpful to you!
Followed your video today to replace my spider and everything went back together great. I also replaced the oil tube and gasket and the only discovery was the steering wheel rod would not come all the way out of my sport coupe as it made contact with the roof but that was enough clearance for me to get the oil tube back up into the steering box and then push the steering rod back through it. Thanks for your video!
Great! Glad we were able to help. Thanks for watching.
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Thank you for sharing, that will come in handy one day.
Thanks. Glad to hear that it is helpful to you.
Good video. Watching from Seguin Texas Thanks working on a 29 Pickup
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Informative! Last year I needed to replace my horn rod on my Victoria. I got it from Snyder’s. When I went to install it, it wouldn’t slide down the tube! It was too large in diameter! I called the vender, they said it was the proper part, but the way the rod was made they said I needed to sand the whole length of the rod! They said it was normal to do this! I took emery cloth and sanded the rod until it slid down the column. Where did you get your horn rod?
We got ours from Snyder’s too. The only real hang up we had was with the price/ID sticker on it. Our first time putting it in the shaft, it got hung up on that. Once we removed that, although a tight fit, it went on. Maybe the filing we did on the end of the rod for the spider made ours go on better? Not sure. It was definitely more work to put that all together than we thought it would be though.
That’s odd that you didn’t have that tight fit on the rod. I had to sand the whole length of that rod!
@@fredkaminski3668 I’m glad you posted about it though. If someone else has that issue, and they check the comments here, they will know what to do to make it work. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Woohoo!
Thanks!
Does the horn rod push against the lights switch to ground the horn wiring at switch or does it carry the circuit up the shaft to ground at steering wheel.
There is a wire up through the center of the rod to the horn switch which when pressed closes the circuit and the power goes back down the horn rod which is grounded at that “C” clip. The center wire up the horn shaft internal wire makes contact down at the bottom inside the whole light switch for power.
That was a reproduction spider part and not an original, so required some modification work !!!
Yup. It’s getting harder to find those original parts. Gotta make those reproductions work when you need them. Thanks for watching.
I have a 1930 Ford Model A. The horn is Spartan. It works when wired directly to the battery, but when installed in the model a is just barely hongnsd
Anyone have any ideas
Be sure to check the wiring. The horn, like the lights are connected to the generator because of the amp draw needed. The second wire (ground, positive) is fed up through the steering column starting at the end of the light rod. Next is the push button switch which is actually going to provide the ground to complete/close the circuit and make the horn work. So places that can cut the amp flow are the connecting points. First the connection at the generator, second at the end of the light rod, third is the switch on the steering wheel itself and last the common ground itself. Any one or multiple of these connection points may not be making a good contact thus cutting the amp flow through the horn. Finding which one is the culprit is a process of elimination. You eliminated all of these contact points by connecting the horn up directly to a battery. Now to try to bypass each connection point one at a time to see if the horn brightens up and you may find the weak connection.
How to get the c clip in It's kind of a no-brainer unfortunately that's about the only thing that video focused on. Let's move on to the light switch I'd like to see the video he makes when he hooks up the wiring harness What keeps that light switch rod from turning in 360° circles That's the problem that I have. They never hooked it up to any wiring so I didn't get anything out of it. Is it possible to direct me to a video that has that information?
Thanks for watching. We don’t currently have a video covering this topic, but I’ll put it on our list for a future video. Hope you can find a video that will help you solve your problem.
What snapped into place @ 15:38?
From reviewing the video myself just now, I think something was set down or fell down in the background at that specific time stamp. Nothing to do with the car. If you are asking about what George clipped just prior to that point, he snapped the light switch bale into place on the light switch body at the bottom of the steering column.