54 Horn Button configuration

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited February 2012 in HUDSON
Looking for images of a working '54 Hornet/SuperWasp horn button. Have lots of parts, but need a visual guide for fitting them together. Took some photos of a complete, working, '53 at a meet, but a) computer dumped all my photos from 2011, b)the '54 appears to be a different set-up from 50-53...Any thoughts ?

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  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    edited February 2012
    This style?



    (I pulled this picture off of the internet)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Yes, exactly, but, what I meant was a picture of the internal workings inside the steering wheel, under the horn ring with the large crest. I have a set of pieces, but can't figure how exactly how they go together....Nice sedan though ! Looks very sharp. Thank you for the reply.
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member






    To install the horn button/ring when you are done you will need to line up the three notches and tabs, which are slightly off center to the left, then push straight in against the spring and rotate to the right, it will click in when centered.

    Hope this helps,

    John Forkner
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Thank you John, that really helps. Well, that looks like what I've got here, more or less. I was hoping it would be more like the '50-53 hubs, however. One question I do have is about the actual contact on the end of the horn wire where it comes through the steering wheel nut. I assume there's the typical bakelite insulator, but how far above the level of the large nut is the contact button ? In other words, is there a spring that holds it slightly out from the surfact of the nut, or what? How hard do you have to push on the horn ring to get the horn to sound ?
    Sorry for all the questions, and I hope they make sense, but I'm just trying to get an idea of how to get this thing working, and there's no other '54s in our area....Thanks again, Bob
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    edited February 2012




    Bob,

    You will see in the first picture what pieces need to go under the contact. This then sets the correct height of the contact as shown in the second picture. You should replace the horn wire while you are doing all of this as it gets frayed at the end where it exits out of the steering box. Solder a new piece of wire to the old one and pull it through the steering column, then solder the contact and connector back on to the new wire. If you use the horn ring there is not much pressure needed to get the horn to honk.

    John Forkner
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Solder a new piece of wire to the old one and pull it through the steering column, then solder the contact and connector back on to the new wire.[/quote]

    what if he doesn't have the old wire still in there?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    what if the old wire isn't there anymore?
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    I think you should be able to feed a new wire through the conduit. It will need to be fairly stiff and straight. Start at the steering wheel and go south.

    Hope this helps.

    John Forkner
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Thanks very much John; this is exactly what I was looking for! I think the little flared grey piece is what I'm missing, but may know where I can get one, or somehow fabricate one. Being able to eyeball the wire height is really helpfull.
    I actually have a new horn wire and, yes, was planning on soldering it to the old one and pulling it through....There is a dimple in the horn-ring contact-plate that I thought I might fill in with a little solder too....I'll let you know how it all goes. Thanks again, Bob
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