Cascade Crew

Alphius

As my friend Adam likes to point out, sometimes I spend entirely too much money on stupid things. I tend to disagree. At least I'm not buying more junk cars to work on. Razz

Has anyone else here been spending far too much money on cars lately or just me?

And I think getting rid of the Grant GT was worth almost any amount of money!

This improvement is accompanied by all new weatherstripping, fancy new hinge pins, brand new tires and several other small things. A perfect way to usher in 3000 trouble-free miles on the LS1 swap.

Sorry about the cell phone quality and dirty carpets. I was too excited to clean or get the nice camera out!

fiveoformula · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:37 pm Post subject:

Id say money well spent man! everyone who says it dumb to spend money on a steering wheel is stupid... It's the main thing you have to stare at while driving!

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:56 pm Post subject:

You mind showing me how the horn hooks up on that wheel? Since I put one in mine, I have no horn because I cant figure it out Laughing

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:58 pm Post subject:

Should have the normal Chevy 3" piece of yellow wire that hooks up to the backside.

Alphius · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:57 am Post subject:

There's a white disc with a contact that goes behind the lock plate. The yellow wire is spring loaded and hooks into the white disc, which then rotates with the steering wheel. The other end of the yellow wire connects to the horn button which you then snap on to the wheel and you are done.

Horn contact behind lock plate:

Yellow wire attached to horn button:

Full horn setup:

91RSVert · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:28 pm Post subject:

So that's why I couldn't figure my horn out. My button is broke.

I know my white piece is broke. Anyone know how hard that is to get too?

I also dunno where I put my horn wire, but I know I ended up cutting it for my last wheel.

So basically every part of my horn system is broke Laughing

thanks for the pictures!!

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:19 pm Post subject:

Cracks in the white plastic horn ring are common.

Both it and the yellow cam wire can be purchased, but I don't have the part numbers in front of me right now.

Replacement involves removing the wheel and the lock plate, so you will need to rent the tools to do those two jobs.

You know this was all covered in the column rebuilding thread... Very Happy

http://cascadecrew.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9248

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:03 pm Post subject:

I never cared for that particular style of wheel (or many of the wheels they put on GM vehicles in the 80's), but it seems to be in excellent shape.

Alphius · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:31 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:05 pm Post subject:

The IROC wheel is the best thirdgen wheel.

It looks like your restorer used a less-glossy wrap, which may actually be an improvement.

Now to do something about those purple seats. Wink

chevymad · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:08 pm Post subject:

I like my formula wheel. But the powder coat is starting to show a few bubbles. Sad

I'm afraid i'm not fond of the camaro wheel either. But its not my car so that dont mean diddly. Laughing

If we all liked/drove the same thing cars would be appliances.

Alphius · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:33 am Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:48 am Post subject:

Shop around at upholstery places. You'd be surprised how close you can get sometimes.

Hawk$ shows a swatch for it, but there's no way to tell if the pattern matches.

Seat covers for the GTA seats are $300 more than I paid for my car, so it looks like it's time to buy some Taz seatcovers at Schucks. Cool