Horn Problems
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Horn Problems
The only thing I lack in getting my car inspected is getting my horn to work. Can anyone help me?
I took the stearing wheel apart and then off. There was a button there (on the same level as the blinkers) and I pushed it and nothing happened, was that suppose to be the horn?
I only have one thick yellow wire going to the horn, should there be two? The one on the stearing wheel was blue with a yellow stripe.
I have no help at home and have been without a car since may, please help!
I took the stearing wheel apart and then off. There was a button there (on the same level as the blinkers) and I pushed it and nothing happened, was that suppose to be the horn?
I only have one thick yellow wire going to the horn, should there be two? The one on the stearing wheel was blue with a yellow stripe.
I have no help at home and have been without a car since may, please help!
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Horn Problems
The horn works buy grounding. Sometimes the steering column will become isolated t where when you mash the horn button it cannot complete the circuit. When I had horn problems on my 71 I made a short jumper wire and jumpered around the steering coulumn rag joint. I have'nt had any problems since.
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My horn button on my `67 f100 wouldn't work either.
Rather than trying to fix it I ran a new button on the dashboard(where my lighter was) and ran wires through the fire wall to a new relay and horn. I used a small air horn, it gets my point across to other drivers.
Rather than trying to fix it I ran a new button on the dashboard(where my lighter was) and ran wires through the fire wall to a new relay and horn. I used a small air horn, it gets my point across to other drivers.
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The "button" that was under the wheel is the brass contact wiper so the horn button on the wheel can make contact as it turns. Make sure the button is high enough to make contact with back of wheel(look at metal ring and see if there is wear pattern from brass). A quick check to see if all is working, take off wheel and take a wire from ground to the brass button. It should sound horn(or relay). If that does not work, then you need to trace problem. The blue/yellow tracer wire is the proper wire in column. Try grounding it at the plug under dash. Still nothing?
Go to relay and check for 12volts at one of the terminals. There are three, one should be 12+ input, other should be ground from column, the other is 12+ to horns.
One good check to see if column is okay, put wheel on, and check for continuity from horn button itself to plug under dash(with horn button pushed). If this is good, then you have problems out front.
Good Luck
Larry
Go to relay and check for 12volts at one of the terminals. There are three, one should be 12+ input, other should be ground from column, the other is 12+ to horns.
One good check to see if column is okay, put wheel on, and check for continuity from horn button itself to plug under dash(with horn button pushed). If this is good, then you have problems out front.
Good Luck
Larry
Last edited by Freightrain; Jul 28, 2003 at 09:04 AM.
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My problem was a bad relay, loated right beside (to the front of) the starter solenoid. got a new one from the junk yard for $1 and I now have a horn. A rather puny sounding horn, but a horn none the less.
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Thank you all for your help, I eventually said 'Forget this' and ran a line to a button on the bottom of the steering column straight to the horn and battery, no relay it works now and I will hopefully get it inspected today or tomorrow (wish me luck, she hasn't been wanting to move this past week)
