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| 914xr75 |
 Mar 15 2020, 06:30 PM
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Hi everyone, I've gone through the horn posts and tried to do everything correctly, but I still cannot get my horn to work. I purchased the horn contact ring from Sierra Madre. I've added nylon insulated washers to the Batwing. I have switched out the relay from a working headlight. I have also put in a new fuse. When I touched the horn contact ring female spade terminal to the steering wheel nut I can hear something electrical making almost a clicking sound. When I check it with a meter I am getting 12 + volts when I touch the nut with the terminal.
I pulled the horn and checked it on a battery and it works. I sanded down the horn contacts and added dielectric grease. I am not an expert with the multimeter but I did hook up a negative and positive to the leads that connect to the horn and when I touch the nut I was getting a very small amount of current less than a half volt. I did drive it without the Batwing connected to the wire and the turn signals did not cancel. However they did not cancel before I got the new Sierra Madre contact ring. question about the area where the wire comes out of the steering wheel. Is the hole supposed to be on the top left side or the bottom right side? You'll see in the picture that mine comes out of the bottom right side. When I purchased this car it had an aftermarket steering wheel. I bought a 914 wheel and batwing off of Craigslist and it fit. what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.     |
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| 914xr75 |
Apr 4 2020, 11:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 24-March 18 From: Whittier, CA Member No.: 21,996 Region Association: Southern California |
Put the new relay in. Checked all the fuses again and lightly sanded the fuse connection. Still nothing, but I can hear the relay clicking when I touch the cancel ring terminal to the nut. Then I noticed the brown wire coming off the relay had been connected together at some point and the connection was loose. My hopes went up way high at that point as I reconnected the brown wire. Didn't work. Thought maybe someone put an alarm system in it at some point since they cut and reconnected the brown wire.
I'm out of ideas. What am I missing? |
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914xr75 Horn help please--1973 Mar 15 2020, 06:30 PM
FlacaProductions Have you checked that your horn actually works? C... Mar 15 2020, 07:03 PM 914xr75 I removed the horn from behind the bumper and hook... Mar 15 2020, 09:15 PM michael7810 There is a horn relay that gets actuated (closed) ... Mar 15 2020, 10:20 PM FlacaProductions I'm betting on the relay being bad. Mar 16 2020, 01:57 PM 914xr75 I've got a new relay coming from 914rubber.com... Mar 16 2020, 02:34 PM StarBear Had that problem recently, too. Bad relay, but onl... Mar 16 2020, 04:15 PM dr914@autoatlanta.com yup sounds like a bad relay Mar 16 2020, 04:24 PM porschetub Have you tested for continuity (or 12v ) from the ... Apr 4 2020, 01:50 PM 914xr75 porschetub you are my hero. I went to hook up test... Apr 4 2020, 04:02 PM FlacaProductions Good news - now if it were me, I'd plug the ... Apr 4 2020, 04:52 PM
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