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05/01/13 at 14:41:45
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Is anyone else having issues with their repop horn button rubber? Mine expanded so it doesn't stay on the nut as well and it is starting to crack. I swapped it out with a 2A style one since I don't trust the new rubber parts. Mine is 5 years old and I'm wondering if they have gotten better?
  
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Re: Horn button
Reply #1 - 05/01/13 at 15:04:36
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I red somewhere that the rubber got burn by the sun with time due to the UV.

A guy said to lubricate it with silicone once a year to prevent it.

It should be valid as well for boot shifter.

I don't know.

Does it help?
  
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Reply #2 - 05/01/13 at 15:24:25
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It does. I use leather boots on mine. I'm going to stay with the 2a style because I don't have to worry and it isn't 100% original anyways.
  
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Re: Horn button
Reply #3 - 05/01/13 at 19:15:23
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THE 1950 3A my Dad bought new had the 2a style button. I always thought the 3A had that style of horn button. The one I have now had the soft rubber which wouldn't last a season here in AZ. Now it has the small hard button which I think is much better as far as something that will last. Smiley The 1950 3A came from the factory with the small button so why is it often referred to as a 2A?.
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Reply #4 - 05/01/13 at 19:47:58
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On Bob W website here in the middle of the page:

http://www.cj3a.info/cj3a/date3a.htm

You can see the two type used on CJ3A. So 1951 used both model.

Mine as the earlier type and was made in late August 1950.
  
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Reply #5 - 05/01/13 at 20:46:43
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May 1951 here.....and equipped with later style horn button.
  
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Reply #6 - 05/02/13 at 00:21:20
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Mine must be an older repro..it has concentric raised ridges..I'll get a picture..It is quite a bit thicker than the repro I have for the CJ-5
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Reply #7 - 05/02/13 at 00:54:52
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That looks like a starter foot pedal cover for the utility series vehicles.
  
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Reply #8 - 05/02/13 at 01:47:26
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Well it sure could be...it's is pretty heavy duty so that usage would make sense...odd that it should fit so well...
  
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Reply #9 - 05/02/13 at 01:49:41
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You may have found a way around the junky rubber...  Wink
  
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Reply #10 - 05/04/13 at 01:31:49
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garage gnome wrote on 05/02/13 at 01:49:41:
You may have found a way around the junky rubber...  Wink


Hmmmm...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-M37-Starter-Pedal-Rubber-Pad-G-741-/170975471736?p...
  
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Reply #11 - 05/04/13 at 02:36:09
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Who is going to be the guinea pig and try it out?  Grin
  
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Reply #12 - 05/04/13 at 03:06:55
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Oink?
  
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Re: Horn button
Reply #13 - 06/07/13 at 14:27:08
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Just curious if anyone bought the above mentioned horn button and how it fit?
  
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Re: Horn button
Reply #14 - 06/07/13 at 16:59:52
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Yes I did buy one and it fits fine....It is exactly like the one in the above pictures.

It is stiffer than the smooth type and my only concern would be that it would not flex enough to allow the circuit to be broken...my horn is not hooked up at the moment, along with everything else....or I'd try it...
  
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