vitessetony
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horn for aftermarket wheel?vitessetony
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Hi all, I've fitted a nice mountney traditional wheel in place of the bus wheel origanally in the vitty. my question is how on earth (excuse the electrical pun) can I get a feed to the horn from the centre push button on the wheel without the twisted mess of wire I have at the moment? To explain, I have for the time being, just ran a wire from the horn push through the back of the wheel to the horn live under the dash when the button is pressed it contacts the wheel/coloumn and makes the circuit. the horn works but I'm concious that when I'm turning corners the wire will be twisting round the coloumn. not ideal.  |
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MrSpeedy
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Sounds to me like you haven't got the correct boss to suit your car.
I have an aftermarket wheel in my Vitesse using a mountney boss which has the proper carbon brush and ring.
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vitessetony
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horn for aftermarket wheel?vitessetony
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Could I ask where you got the boss from?
I had to use an astrali boss as its the only one I could find that would fit.
Thanks
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MrSpeedy
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IIRC mine came from a shop in Leicester who were mountney dealers. Can't remember the name I'm afraid. I can have a dig tomorrow if it helps?!
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vitessetony
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horn for aftermarket wheel?vitessetony
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If you don't mind that would be great thanks ;D It's difficult to find boss's for old obscure cars and mountney have ceased trading so its getting harder as they obviously don't make anymore!  |
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v8ian
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horns don't have to work off the button in the centre of the wheel, it can be worked from anywhere, simple switch on the dash will do,
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vitessetony
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 114
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@vitessetony
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horns don't have to work off the button in the centre of the wheel, it can be worked from anywhere, simple switch on the dash will do, I wondered about that. I was 99% sure it could be operated from anywhere from an mot stance but I would like to run it from the wheel if possible. It's certainly something to bear in mind though, cheers |
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MrSpeedy
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Right, Having cleared my brain of beer I can now tell you that I got the Mountney boss for my Vitesse from the TSSC. IIRC it was about £18
I probably went there cos they're only half an hr from me
01858 434424
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i've got a button on dash in my t25 i had to put a little sticker on saying beep beep cause mot man could find it (read as couldn't be arsed looking for it )
years ago i had a nos button from demon tweeks wired to horn
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vitessetony
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horn for aftermarket wheel?vitessetony
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Right, Having cleared my brain of beer I can now tell you that I got the Mountney boss for my Vitesse from the TSSC. IIRC it was about £18 I probably went there cos they're only half an hr from me 01858 434424 Thanks mate i'll give them a try  |
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vitessetony
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@vitessetony
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i've got a button on dash in my t25 I had to put a little sticker on saying beep beep cause mot man could find it (read as couldn't be arsed looking for it ) years ago I had a nos button from demon tweeks wired to horn Do you know if it has to be labelled for an mot or not? |
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not legally mine is black on a black dash he pressed steering nowt happened so failed it when i showed it to him he passed i only used sticker as a joke really
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vitessetony
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not legally mine is black on a black dash he pressed steering nowt happened so failed it when I showed it to him he passed I only used sticker as a joke really Cheers, I should have a working horn soon then. I didnt really fancy a sticker unless I was going down the stripped out rally look.....now there's an idea. ;D |
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