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free2keun

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horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« on: March 14, 2018, 20:51:15 »
Hello,
as soon as i put the steering wheel on, the horn goes of.  there is a spring, as you can see on the photo.  are there missing some other parts ?
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Re: horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2018, 12:36:00 »
You have to give more details. What kind of work did you do? If the horn goes on when you mount the steering wheel it is usually caused by the horn ring not being seated properly or the bearing housing below has not been pushed all the way.
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ja17

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Re: horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2018, 12:53:43 »
The horn sounds when the ground "earth" is activated by the switch under the steering wheel. Make sure the horn ring is suspended properly in the steering wheel.
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Joe Alexander
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Re: horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2018, 19:48:18 »
There's a small wavy spring under the contact plate and if it's missing it will never work properly. Not a lot of parts in there but every one of them is important.

 
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free2keun

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Re: horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2018, 06:20:04 »
hello, thanks for the answers !

the problem starts when i put the steering wheel on.  so, i demount the switch ring of the horn and the ring bar behind the wheel.  these two part don't fit together.  i took a picture of the parts.  is there anyone who recognise wich one is not correct ?
(sorry for my bad english)
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ja17

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Re: horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2018, 15:03:53 »
Are you missing a spring? Seems like there is a ball bearing involved here also?  Do you have a picture of the rest of the parts?
« Last Edit: March 17, 2018, 15:10:15 by ja17 »
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Joe Alexander
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1969 Dark Olive 280SL
2002 ML55 AMG (tow vehicle)
2002 SLK32 AMG (350 hp)
1982 300TD Wagon turbo 4spd.
1963 404 Mercedes Unimog (Swedish Army)
1989 flu419 Mercedes Unimog (US Army)
1998 E430
1974 450SLC Rally
1965 220SE Finback

free2keun

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Re: horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2018, 08:16:13 »
hello all, thank you for the answers.  i took a look at this site about the steering wheel.  i think that my ring bar is not the correct one.  can some one confirm that ? 
the first picture is from the site
the second from my car
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Re: horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2018, 09:02:53 »
Hi,
this member of the German Pagodentreff had the same problem: https://www.pagodentreff.de/diskussionsforum/threads/lenkrad.9957/#post-68566.
Small part of the spring down and correct cabling/not the same, maybe it helps you.
...WRe
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free2keun

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Re: horn wont stop as soon as i put the steering wheel on, SL 230 1963
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2018, 17:12:12 »
Hello all,

Thank you for your help, Radu, Ja17, Benz DR. and WRe,

I think I found a solution.  I put away the ring, so now there is more space.  The horn ring bar comes from another type MB.  I bought this Pagoda in pieces.
The problem is solved
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