48 Ford horn wire

[00247]

I recently picked up a 35 Ford pickup project which has had a lot of work done to it .It has a rebuilt 48 steering box/column in it. I am new to this generation of Ford column. The bottom plate on the steering box had the hole for the horn wire tube welded shut so there was no horn wire through the column.

I rebuilt the bottom plate/tube but got a surprise when I tried to snake the wire up the column. There is a spot in the steering shaft where it is solid. About a 2" long piece around 8" from the top right around where the column mount is. I thought the shaft was hollow all the way? Can anyone shed some light on this?

[JSeery]

The steering shaft itself should be hollow all the way. Any way two shafts were welded together? That is fairly common to connect the correct upper shaft for the steering wheel to the lower shaft.

[00247]

Thank you for the reply, I think you hit the nail on the head. Looks like the horn wire just became a major project.

[rich b]

Originally Posted by 00247

Thank you for the reply, I think you hit the nail on the head. Looks like the horn wire just became a major project.

Can always use a Jeep contact & brush and run the wire back inside the shaft above the splice.

[rich b]

oops, double post.

[JSeery]

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An extended drill bit should be able to drill it out.

[00247]

Originally Posted by JSeery

An extended drill bit should be able to drill it out.

I was thinking of that. Will the chips contaminate the steering box? Or if I pull the bottom off again with the bottom bearing will they fall right through? I'm not familiar with this set up.

This truck has a 39 banjo steering wheel. Did that necessitate the splice of the shaft? It doesn't have the horn button set up. I will need to round that up.