air bag code 32, horn, cruise do not work too any ideas. By the way it is a 1993 e 250

 

Replace the clockspring.

 

where and how much is a clock spring

 

You'll have to remove the airbag cover, then there's two screws on the sides of the steering wheel to remove so you can pull out the airbag (One on either side) and then you need to pull the steering wheel off with a puller. The clock spring sits behind the steering wheel, it is the metal spring looking thing around the white center part of the steering column. I don't remember how much but I remember that it would have been easier to take it to the dealer!

 

so what was so hard

 

Well, with some patience and the right tools, you could probably do it. Thank god it wasn't my truck (a friends' 97 f150). We had a Haynes book, but no real idea what we were doing. We didn't have a steering wheel puller so I had to go get one. There's a whole lot of stuff to remove and to disconnect like the steering column covers, all the connectors in the steering column, the ignition lock should be removed but we just pried the black shroud where the key goes in and you turn the lock, it pops right off. (Don't forget to disconnect the battery!) Once you have all of that crap off, you'll have to remove the spring, it's got 2 or 3 clips holding it in. Then, you have to center the clock spring (gray hub with spring around it.) so that it will turn exactly the same number of turns to the right as it does to the left or when you put the steering wheel back on, the new spring will crack if you force the wheel too much in one direction. The book said that the spring had a locking mechanism to help install it, but not on my friend's truck. (Maybe it broke off.) All the controls on the steering wheel go through the clock spring including the horn, cruise control, backlighting, and the air bag module. Then you reconnect everything to the spring, reconnect the stuff you took off earlier put the covers back on, snap the the lock shroud back on and then the steering wheel, then the airbag and its connector. Make sure you note where all the connectors go and which way the clock spring was facing before you take it off. The steering wheel will probably have alignment marks from the factory. That was a good 2 hours work, and all that in 100 degree weather. What a PITA.