Help with Steering Wheel Please

[stephen44]

So - since it is to cold to do anything else on the truck, I decided to strip my 3 speed manual '67 steering column - Thanks for the tutorial om here - it was great Keith.

Two questions...

1) Is this wheel repairable ?

2) what do I need to complete the wheel and horn assembly - this is how my truck came and I have no more parts

steering wheel.jpg

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[mrollings53]

You'll need part 13A805 on this diagram. Best bet is to hit the junk yards and find a horn button. Or, the horn ring if you have the Ranger package.

[stephen44]

thanks...

how do I take these part numbers and look up description ? is there an index somewhere ?

what are the letters that go before this part number (like C3TZ-13A805-B seems to be a 1967 one)

[mrollings53]

This looks like it will have you covered. HORN BUTTON

If not, turn to page 82 and 83 of NPD's online parts catalog. Everything you need looks like it's there.

[sargentrs]

thanks...

how do I take these part numbers and look up description ? is there an index somewhere ?

what are the letters that go before this part number (like C3TZ-13A805-B seems to be a 1967 one)

It's difficult to decipher Ford part numbers. In my parts searching I think of it like this, the 4 character prefix typically refers to year/model but more from an engineering standpoint. The C3 = 1963 which would have been the first year that design was used but could have carried all the way through the next 2 generations if they didn't change the root design. I have no idea how to categorize the TZ. The 13A805 is the loosely defined part number of a horn assembly. They may use that number for horn assemblies that have absolutely no similarity to design. When searching by unknown part number, I'll typically search like "C*13A80* Ford", for 1960ish horn stuff, and then worm my way through the web until I narrow down possibilities to more accurately define part numbers. There's some guys on here that can more technically describe these things but I seem to stumble on things that way.

[stephen44]

Thanks all - do you think my wheel is repairable ??

the cracks are pretty wide - and I cannot close them up - like the wheel has need sprained & distorted ?

[Dirty Offio]

Yes, your steering wheel is repairable. The plastic material they made them out of shrinks over time, hence the cracks. I have an article in an old Musclecar Review tat tells of a kit for repairing wheels like this. Not sure where the magazines are at the moment (we moved a while back and I haven't unpacked them) but I bet the product was made by Eastwood. Here is a link to a product by Eastwood:

http://www.eastwood.com/master-steering ... struc.html

This is the kit with a book telling how to do it. As I recall when I read the article, it wasn't that hard to do. I cannot remember if this was the one you had to cook in the oven to cure or not.

Hope this helps.

Offio