Horn Not Working Options

[Ian Stott]

Little round metal nub that looks like the top of a round screw is the contact point for when you beep the horn as far as I can figure, rubber inside of steering wheel is to make the inside portion of the steering wheel bounce back into position when you beep the horn, am I right so far?? Any chance of someone posting a pic of what that should look like.


Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada

[ericread]

Okay, here we go...



You have items 1,2 and 6 in your horn setup. Items 4 and 5 are not part of the 74 horn assembly, and items 3 and 7 are for the steering column bearings.

Item 2: This is in your steering column assembly. The ring on the outside provides elecrticity to the horn wire, which is attached. The black tab on the bottom of this is the turn signal canceller.

Item 6: The horn base plate attaches to your horn pad (the part you push to cause the horn to announce). The wire from the ring attaches to the tab on this ring.

Item 1: The horn boot keeps the horn pad away from the steering column. When you push the horn pad, the edge of the base plate makes contact with the steering column, which causes the horn circuit to close, causing the horn to announce. When you let up from the horn pad, the boot pushed the base plate back up and away from the column assembly, and the horn circuit opens, causing the horn to stop announcing.

That's it in a nutshell. Use a multimeter to trace your 12 volts through your column assembly and it should show you where your problem is...

Good luck!

Eric Read