1968 Barracuda Convertible

Another somewhat successful day. I'm missing a horn relay but I had jumped the plug at the relay connection and the horns worked. I didn't have continuity through the ground from the relay connection to the steering wheel connection. Doing a little tracing I had continuity to the column plug connection (and across it) but nothing from the wheel side of the plug to the connection in the hub. I pulled the wheel off and found a really dirty/gunked up contact on the backside of the wheel.



A couple of minutes in the blasting cabinet and the contact looks much better....... as well as the other side.





..... and I have continuity from the relay connection to the horn connection in the wheel. Should work fine once I pick up a horn relay.

There was a ton of gray primer over spray on the column (you can see it on the steering wheel in the first photo as well........... that's now cleaned up) from when the car was painted so I've sanded the column down and will give it a quick spray before the wheel goes back on.



I'll likely reinstall the dash before I reinstall the wheel as well. Just waiting on a couple of gauges as the temperature and gas gauges are toast.

Allan