Here is the problem... I purchased a Momo steering wheel to install and I can't figure out a few things:

So far, I have the airbag light / bypass thing solved (I think) by splicing in a 2.7 ohm / 1 watt resistor to the leads of the orange connector that I cut off the airbag "clockspring". A 2.8 ohm / 1/2 watt was recommended by Gert, but the closest that I could find was 2.7 ohm / 1 watt. It appears to work so far.

I also have two long leads spliced in to the other orange connector that came from the horn portion of the "clock spring". One lead is hot when the key is on and beeps the horn when it's grounded. The other lead appears to simply be a ground. I assume that the powered lead needs to be connected to "Part A" on the horn contact and the other lead to ground. Then "Part A" goes into "Slot B" The question is how do I connect the hot lead to "Part A" on the horn contact? What have others done?

The next quest is that I am a bit fuzzy as to what needs to be sanded down on the horn contact for clearance. Help !

Thanks in advance.

 

Jeff,

To connect the hot lead, I drilled a small hole in the copper strip, threaded the wire through the hole, wrapped it to itself and then soldered everything in place. I've heard of others using a female spade connector attached to the end. I don't recall sanding anything down for clearance.

-John

 

Where did you drill the hole in the copper strip? How did you route the wire? The "Part A" contact goes into a blind hole in my car. There is a black plastic connector that goes to the Windshield wiper and cruise control contacts, but there is no lead (or place to attach a lead) for the horn contact. Did you just drill this out, route the wire up through it, and solder the horn lead to the copper contact? Also, since there is nothing to keep the entire part flat against the "Slot B" steering column, does this just stay in due to pressure from the wheel adapter, or should it be secured somehow? I am still a bit confused. Thanks.

 

Looking at your photo of Part A, I drilled the hole about 1/4" in from the left end. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I don't remember how I routed everything. However, I dont' recall having any problems. Have you seen these threads? They are what I used to walk me through the process:
thread 1
thread 2
thread 3

-John

 

I had seen the first two threads, but not the third one. Post #16 had the answer for me. Kind of like I described in my last post, but I wanted to know if there was an easier answer. Thanks.