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Posted by: macrisel
« on: December 21, 2010, 09:29:30 AM »

I can definately relate to the mud daubers!!  I have learned the hard way that when an engine is not running correctly, the first place I have to check is to see if a dirt dauber has built a nest in the air intake.  For some reason, they really love the motors on boats, lawn mowers, 4-wheelers, and Harleys.  I have a sneaking suspension they'll develop a liking to my 3A also..... :-/

I have a few "tools" that work great for breaking up the mud:  an electrician's fish tape, a metal electric fence post and heavy gage fencing wire and last but certainly not least.........a plumbing snake that attatches to an electric drill.
Posted by: RA472A
« on: December 21, 2010, 09:19:30 AM »

Just another suggestion.  Piano wire is stiff enough to work well when fishing up the horn wire also.  Costs a couple bucks, but handy to have around.  I also made my windshield latch spring out of it.
Posted by: mud pie
« on: December 21, 2010, 12:56:05 AM »

Tried a wire hanger, not stiff enough; yes, there was that much mud down there.  Mud Dauber spit and dirt makes damn near concrete !!

While looking for something stiffer, I found one of those 4 foot long drill bits that you use to fish up a wall and drill into the header (used it to run wire for my home security system). I hand fed it down the column and slowly twisted it by hand.  I hit about 2-3 clogs before I made it all the way down.  Dust pouring out the bottom of the column.

Air compressor shot out some dirt, not all of it.

I fed a coat hanger from the bottom up, taped the horn wire, pulled it through.  Now, after who nows HOW many years, my horn is now in the proper place !!
Posted by: mud pie
« on: December 20, 2010, 10:53:05 PM »

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Using air from a compressor is worth a shot as long as you have the kind of horn wire setup where the wire comes out the bottom of the steering box via a small hole in the end plug.

As an alternative you could get a hold of a metal wire coat hanger, straighten it out and slowly work it down the shaft while twisting it, then blow it out with compressed air.

Larry

Yep, I felt underneath, it has the small hole at the bottom.  I may give the wire hanger a shot.
Posted by: rocketeer
« on: December 20, 2010, 10:12:56 PM »

Using air from a compressor is worth a shot as long as you have the kind of horn wire setup where the wire comes out the bottom of the steering box via a small hole in the end plug.

As an alternative you could get a hold of a metal wire coat hanger, straighten it out and slowly work it down the shaft while twisting it, then blow it out with compressed air.

Larry
Posted by: mud pie
« on: December 20, 2010, 10:02:45 PM »

When my father bought my (now) Willys back in 1984 or so, the previous owner had installed a clamp-on horn button on the side of the steering column.  My dad left it as it is; I wanted to do it the right way so I bought a horn kit from Walcks.

When I popped the existing rubber button off the steering column, I found out why it was the way it was....

Apparently at some point, Mud Daubers (a type of wasp that makes nests of mud, for you northerners...   ;)) had decided the column was the perfect place.  The column was clogged with rock hard mud !!  I used a vacuum and a screw driver and removed most of it, but you know some made it all the way down.

My question is; can I pour hot water down the column to try and "melt" the rest of it, or would that cause more damage than it cures ?  I seriously doubt I can fish a wire down the cloumn the way it is.

Would using my air compressor on the bottom of the column work ?  My goal is to get it as clean as possible with minimal dismantling.