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Old May 28, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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I cannot for the life of me find which wires used to go to the horn button, it has had a mickey mouse steering wheel put on by one of the many previous owners, there are no wires to the steering wheel, there is no ring to make connections with, had the cowlings down and column cover off, as usual there is wires every where from crappy alarm installs, someone give me a clue as the relay appears to be dead (not earth - actually dead) on two terminals and live on the other two
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Update, car has no horn, attach a horn to the wire hanging off the bottom by the rad, works from relay or fuse but there is still no wires to the steering column/wheel.

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Old May 28, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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Have a look at the double-row connector to the indicator/high beam stalk (there are 2 separate connectors, one single row, one double). Is there a brown/white wire in the semi-circular sticky-out bit in the centre of the connector. If so, unplug the connector from the stalk and connect the terminal to earth and see if the horn works. If it does, you need a stalk with the horn push on the end - someone has perhaps fitted a later stalk where the horn moved to the middle of the steering wheel.
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Old May 29, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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found the connector with two wires in that makes the horn work, appears to be the type that should plug into something that i assume would sneak up the inside of the cowling and reside in some form of springy metal conact type thing - not having another 3dr cossie lying around is makin this a mare... anyone got the bit that sits behind the steering wheel allowing horn contact (would imagine it is like an airbag squib as obviously it cannot make a permanent fixed connection or it would break/tangle when you steer
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Old May 29, 2010 | 03:09 PM
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The connector that you mention I assume is the one with two brass/copper contacts sticking out that are sprung loaded ?
If so this actually sits in the recess of the alloy part that goes around the steering column just under where the wheel goes onto, and contacts a contact ring on the rear/bottom of the steering wheel, where wires then lead through the small gaps in wheel to the centre horn push.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 02:53 PM
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Thanks for response, I have the metal rings on the back of the after market steering wheel, nothing else though, what should be behind the steering wheel is missing and the wires that feed it still have the 2 pin plug so I just need the bit with the plug and the pins to make contact, anyone got a spare, if so how much please?
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Old May 30, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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It may be avaialble new still ?, if not I can get one from the scrappies if they have any sieras left, getting very thin on the ground now.
As you have the ring on the rear of the steering wheel just need a push(momentary) button on the wheel somewhere.
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