Rick- ground your horn with a good connection and then jumper 12v to the
terminal on the horn. If it honks then your problem lies elsewhere---If
not then you have a bad horn.. Check both of them.
Regards-Chris
On Mon, 13 May 1996 NamasteRH@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 96-05-13 00:00:12 EDT, I wrote:
>
> >Anyway, I have a few questions for the group.
> >
> >1) My hooters have hooted their last hoot. Anyone know where to get
> >replacements (there's stuff that sounds like sand inside and I get 12V up at
> >the horn mechanism - which I now have assembled, thanks to Chris Richards
> and
> >Frank Marrone - where I thought I was supposed to see ground);
> >
> >
>
> I don't think I was altogether clear here about the 12V.
>
> Obviously there should be a 12V potential between the plates at the horn
> mechanism, but I only get that 12V from the upper horn plate (connected to
> the horn ring) and a chassis ground...my lower contact plate is not grounded.
> HOWEVER, I do not have continuity between the lugs on the horns themselves.
> SHOULD I? It is a mystery to me how the 12V is reaching the horn ring plate
> if there is an open circuit inside the horns (yes, I did check for a short in
> the wiring to the horns). I suspect that the connectors at the horns are
> shorting out, since the insulating material seems pretty much shot, but I
> cannot seem to duplicate the short with the horns out of the car. At any
> rate, I have a 12V wire and a horn ring wire leading to each horn, so good
> horns ought to work (if I fix the ground at the horn mechanism).
>
> I hope that makes my problem a little clearer.
>
> Rick Hoefle
>
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