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Posted by: scottb Jun 16 2003, 06:15 PM

i found the speedo gremlin in the transmission drive connection so the gremlin left there and went to the horn. turned the car off to go to the office, came out and the horn goes off as soon as i turn the ignition on. took the horn button out. nuthin. only the right honr having the issue. so moved it to left and it does it again. the left horn alone does not work in either horn bay. do i have a bum horn that needs to be changed out or something more annoying and expensive like tearing out wiring?

thanks all....

ps, next i will tell you all the story of the antenna cord to nowhere. goes into the fender well and disappears.

Posted by: Drums66 Jun 16 2003, 09:41 PM

The 914 POLTERGEIST.....

Posted by: scottb Jun 17 2003, 03:06 AM

bump......

any ideas on how to track this wiring issue down guys?

Posted by: Drums66 Jun 17 2003, 08:32 AM

sounds like a bare wire exposed in your steering wheel. take it off and inspect!

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 17 2003, 09:20 AM

and i think the horns cant touch the body they have a nylon insert that keeps them from making contact with the body (ask me how i know)

Posted by: scottb Jun 17 2003, 10:25 AM

thanks for the places to start guys! i took the horns out and held them away from the body and problem still occured. also, tried jumping wires from one side to the other to see if the problem still happened. it did. so it is somewhere between the hron button and the horn. i will start with the steering wheel and move on from there....

Posted by: Drums66 Jun 17 2003, 02:59 PM

c'mon guys......I meant the horn button inside the car! a bare wire in the interior steering wheel comprende? whew!

Posted by: Dave Blackburn Jun 17 2003, 03:29 PM

There is also a horn relay behind the fuse pannel. You might want to swap relays to rule that problem out.
FYI: Did you know that you can tune the sound of your horns. There is a screw/bolt on the horn body, turn it to change the pitch of the horn. You can make some pretty funny sounding horns.