It cost me $50 and I'd really be pissed if it wasn't so damn funny.
I'm nearly finished fixing up the silver Speedster I recently purchased in Morro Bay. I needed to replace the turn signal lever and switch unit, because it would not cancel automatically following a turn. I bought an Empi replacement unit for $50 and tore into it. I soon realized that the wire colors were not exactly the same as on the orignal unit and that's a big problem for me because I'm color blind. So, I enlisted the help of my wife Thuan and we matched up the colors as close as we could and connected it up.
Time to test it, so left turn first and the left turn signal blinks. Right turn next and ....... THE HORN BLOWS!!!! I couldn't stop laughing and I still can't when ever I tell someone about it. Like my neighbor said, the only thing funnier would have been if the windshield wipers would have come on when I dimmed the high beams.
It turned out that we actually did have the wiring correct, but the unit itself was faulty and was shortng out against the steering column causing the horn to blow. Just to add insult to injury, I discovered that there was a small spring in the original unit that had come unhooked and I replaced it and reinstalled the original unit and it now works fine. I can't return the POS Empi unit because I butchered it trying to make it work, but the laugh was almost worth the $50.
Troy
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