Please help 96 250 Relay problems
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From: Thornton, CO
Please help 96 250 Relay problems
I'm having problems with my #3 relay under the hood. I started my truck last night and started hearing some noise. When I opened the hood I found that my #3 relay was clicking. When ever the relay would click the horn would also go. The horn stoped working properlly this past week. It would go off when ever I hit a bump or dip with both front tires. It will also go off when ever I push the "on" button for the curise control. I checked my manual and it says that the only thing that the relay is for is horn, so i removed the relay which also kills the curise control.
I'm trying to sell this truck and would like to have it in as good a condition as possible. Any ideas as to whats going on? Any help would really be appreciated right now.
I'm trying to sell this truck and would like to have it in as good a condition as possible. Any ideas as to whats going on? Any help would really be appreciated right now.
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From: Las Vegas, Nevada
I don't know if it's related or not, but my '97 350 PSD has some issues with the cruise control as well. It seems that if the cruise is set if I hit the turn signal to change lanes then the cruise shuts off! What's even stranger is that it only does this the first time I hit the turn signal after engaging the cruise. Once I re-engage the cruise, I can signal all I want without it turning off again (until I shut off the ignition, then the whole cycle starts over again) The cruise will also dis-engage if I turn on the emergency flashers.
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From: Leesburg , Fl.
Contact Ring
In both cases it sounds like the contact ring in the steering collum is shorting out . It's located under the sterring wheel and allows the wheel to turn and still make contact for the horn and cruise , to check you will need to pull the steering wheel off .
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From: Leesburg , Fl.
There are screws on the back side of the wheel that attatch the airbag/horn , once you have that out of the way you remove the nut then you will need a steering wheel puller to remove the wheel . You may also want to pull the fuses for the air bag ( you don't want it to deploy while you are removing it 
) and horn .
) and horn .
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