All,

No horn, button or wiring on the truck. I want to install the reproduction steering wheel and horn button. Not sure where the wiring should be installed. I thought it should run down the center of the steering wheel to the steering box but can't see anyway this is possible. Can anyone help? I did check the archives first but didn't see anything.

 

The wire runs from the steering wheel button, down thru the steering column and steering box, and comes out the little hole in the bottom of the steering box, from there its a simple circuit. The hole in the bottom of the steering box is probably full of dirt, but its there. You should be abel to feed a stiff wire from bottom to top, or visa versa. All the parts or replacements are in most of the catalogs. I hope this helps.

 

I have a working 48-50 6v horn if you're interested.

 

Hey Bigblue,
Welcome aboard! It's nice to see another Ford Enthusiast
from Texas! Good luck with your horn. I'm waiting till my son has summer break to take our steering apart to see what's up with
our horn. It was working fine - now not so much - I think it's a ground problem. Hang in there.

Ben in Austin

 

Welcome to FTE!

Jimmy's got you covered with the diagram. I found it easiest to run the stiff wire up from the bottom to attach the horn wire, then back down through the steering column. My problem was the tip of the original horn wire was stuck in the hole in the bottom of the box. I used my shop vac to suck it out through the top first. Then everything was easy.

 

Antique Auto Supply in TX has an excellent repro horn wire (from button thru shaft) and as I recall all the other parts. 817-275-2381

7RC 3631 contact disc
FAB 14308-A wire assy.
7RC-3635 is the insulator

I don't have the numbers for the "cup" and wire retaining spring handy.

 

My 49 f1 has a horn but I do not think it is original. Also where is the horn usually located? Does someone sell original type horn(s)?

 

The original horn for the 49 is mounted on the left side of the rad and is mounted in a vertical position, and is roughly 16 inches in length.

As for the horn wire install, I've done plenty of them and never had an issue. I feed the wire into the steering column then twist it in a clockwise manner and it seems to find it way to the bottom of the steering box, never had an issue yet with this instalation. Now if you have a broke off wire in there then thats another matter.

 

I highly recommend checking with Ilya (51PanelMan) to see if he still has a horn. He is great to deal with!

 

Horn is really 16inches?,the one I have is 12inches or so and I though that one was big...I'll try to post pic of my horn and verify its not correct before I pursue a replacement. Thanks everyone for the help, I'm excited that at least now I know where the horn is attached.

 

does anyone have a picture of an original horn for my 49 f1, it would be great if it showed how it was installed and where relay is on the left front of the radiator..
thank you , I'm still not sure if the one I have is original.........