any ideas on why the horn wouldnt work, the column that i have uses the manual one and im trying to get it to work with an electrical grounding method. what can i do, i need to be able to pass inspection soon
anyone ever rig up their own horn, could u tell me how u did it?
thanks ~Mark
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Does your radio work? Is the radio fuse in the fuse block blown? It's connected in with the radio, cigarette lighter and I think the interior lights under the dash by the doors.
Another thing is to make sure the horn is put together properly. I switched my steering wheel from the 4 spoke econo-wheel(wire for the horn) to the '84 3 spoke(manual striker for horn) and I didn't put the spring in the proper place and my horn wouldn't work.
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MarkJPana Member
Posts: 1926 From: Marlboro, MA, USA Registered: Mar 2003
the fuse is good, but inside the horn there is a white surround peice, but mine is a little broken it seems, but i dont think it would really affect the usage of the horn ~Mark
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ditch Member
Posts: 3780 From: Brookston, IN Registered: Mar 2003
any ideas on why the horn wouldnt work, the column that i have uses the manual one and im trying to get it to work with an electrical grounding method. what can i do, i need to be able to pass inspection soon
anyone ever rig up their own horn, could u tell me how u did it?
thanks ~Mark
If I had to rig one, I'd just run a hot wire to a button mounted somewhere on the dash...then run from the button to the horn, and from the horn to ground (anywhere on the frame)
What is the condition of the horn itself? Is it grounded properly? I'd have someone push the button on the wheel while I had a voltmeter on the wire that plugs into the horn to see if it's getting juice at that point.
good luck
BTW....they check your horn during inspection?
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KissMySSFiero Member
Posts: 5541 From: Tarpon Springs, FL USA Registered: Nov 2000
It can be a few things (i.e. horn button contact ring, fuse, relay, or even the horn itself). I start by unplugging the horn itself and use a voltmeter to see if power is getting to the unit when the horn button is pressed. If not, then start tracing backwords.
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madcurl Member
Posts: 21401 From: In a Van down by the Kern River Registered: Jul 2003
I had a similiar problem. No blown fuse, but still no horn. I took a long wire, ran it from the battery positive and touched the terminals on the trumpets. Both trumpets worked, so I knew it wasn't them. I started to trace them, first starting at the horn button itself.
I had been told there would be a "clicking" sound whenever I pushed the horn button if power was making the ciruit, but stopped around the trumpet area....I had no clicking noise.
I removed the "push" pin which makes contact (it looks like a nail with a blunt tip) and I made a positive connection with a bolt. (This is hard to explain, but easy to see once you rip off the horn button in the steering wheel). The horn worked. I ended up taking a concrete nail and cut off the tip with a dremel; I now have a working horn.
I am not sure why this pin was too short, but it might be your problem too.
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Dec 6th, 2003
MarkJPana Member
Posts: 1926 From: Marlboro, MA, USA Registered: Mar 2003
I switched my steering wheel from the 4 spoke econo-wheel(wire for the horn) to the '84 3 spoke(manual striker for horn) and I didn't put the spring in the proper place and my horn wouldn't work.
