Horn ring re- assembly 50 desoto custom

[Stevenlesser]

Hi I'm putting steering wheel and horn ring back together and am missing some little parts which I cam make but importantly I'm missing the installation order of the parts to make it work

There's a 3 spoke plastic wheel ,the Delux is 2 spoke hard rubber and they're usually ok but the fancy 3spoke custom is deteriorated plastic

It is held on with a washer then a nut

The ground wire comes through this and is supported by a 3 legged 1/16 " thick brass piece which screws to the wheel ,the wheel isn't grounded its plastic ,I'll call it a brass bracket

The ground wire fits through a slot ins is isolated by a Bakelite insulator and floats on a spring ( these are missing)

So it doesn't ground on the brass bracket

There's a metal button soldered to the end of the ground wire which is the contact

There's a coil spring that sits on the brass bracket then a horn ring ,and this is held in place be a pot metal clam shell thing that screws into the isolated wheel,tip the ring ,the spring allows to to deflect and somethings supposed to contact supply ground and the horn goes off but something is missing from this set up and no diagrams ! Could anyone post a napkin diagram pic or a photo of thier horn? The ornament easily prices off

[dpollo]

It sounds like you have all the parts.  From memory :

 

The spring goes under the brass bracket and the wire is fastened to this by a little button.

 

The brass bracket is isolated from ground because the screws are set in the steering wheel material.  The ring is then set over the brass and is held in place by another three cornered casting.... call it a spider.  When this is screwed down, the ring holds the spring away from the three cornered bracket.

 

Pushing the ring causes the spring or the ring itself to come in contact with the bracket, completing a ground.  Sometimes it is necessary to apply electrician's tape to the bracket to prevent inadvertent contact.  The cap then snaps on to cover the whole nightmare.

 

The shop manual provides an exploded drawing of these parts.

[_shel_ny]

Hi I'm putting steering wheel and horn ring back together and am missing some little parts which I cam make but importantly I'm missing the installation order of the parts to make it work.........

..........There's a metal button soldered to the end of the ground wire which is the contact

There's a coil spring that sits on the brass bracket then a horn ring ,and this is held in place be a pot metal clam shell thing that screws into the isolated wheel,tip the ring ,the spring allows to to deflect and somethings supposed to contact supply ground and the horn goes off but something is missing from this set up and no diagrams ! Could anyone post a napkin diagram pic or a photo of thier horn? The ornament easily prices off

 

Diagram, and pic in post 9 may help.

 

 

 

http://p15-d24.com/topic/26838-need-help-with-horn-assembly/page-2?hl=+horn%20+ring%20+spring

[Stevenlesser]

Oh great that makes perfect sense ! Thank youThe ring retainer pushes the curved inward facing flanges on the inside of the ring such that it should separate the spring which is pushing up from where it is compressed between the ground cup and the brass bracket

When the ring is moved the spring will tip up and hit the bracket I'll try this out ! I had put a neoprene flat washer between the cup arms rating

[Don Coatney]

Stevenlesser, Quick question. I see you list in your Desoto description a Spitfire dual exhaust. What exactly is that? Have any pictures?

[Stevenlesser]

Langdon Stovebolt had them casted this is the headers (3+3 ) that will fit on the longer desoto 25" block rather than the 23" Plymouth block ,you can buy them from them ,if you want duals on your desoto ,they're at the shop going in now so I can't take a pic but the look just like the Plymouth headers he has ,they have a website wherevyouncan see them