Horn Blowing after shut down?
#1
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Horn Blowing after shut down?
I was working on my 65 distributer today, reinstalled the shield cover and started the car and it started to smoke and the horn started blowing. Shut it down, pulled the cover off figuring the coil wire was hitting the cover, but the horn kept blowing, i disconected the horn. Sure enough, I saw some burn marks on the inside of the cover. So I started it back up with out the cover and every thing was fine. Hooked up the horn and went for a ride. Got back home, turned off the car and the horn started to blow again so I disconnected it.
Any idea what the problem is?
Thanks
Mike
Any idea what the problem is?
Thanks
Mike
#2
Team Owner
Check you horn relay first, its mounted on the Rad support...
then go from there...others will chime in...
then go from there...others will chime in...
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Rad support? not sure what that is, I did find the tape on the wire harness melted and exposed a bare wire, I take it the wire cooked its insulation off and the harness tape also so I am off to the fix the wire. I did move in during my investigation and heard the horn cherp a couple of times. Do you think it is the wire shorting out to another wire or the relay being bad?
Mike
Mike
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Radiator support is the large piece of steel that the radiator is mounted on.
Since the ignition line to the coil from the key switch is not fuse protected, my guess is that the main dash harness is damaged. The horns get power from the relay. The relay is triggered by a black ground wire from the steering column.
To stop the relay from being triggered to blow the horn, unplug the T shaped connector from the relay.
Since the ignition line to the coil from the key switch is not fuse protected, my guess is that the main dash harness is damaged. The horns get power from the relay. The relay is triggered by a black ground wire from the steering column.
To stop the relay from being triggered to blow the horn, unplug the T shaped connector from the relay.
Last edited by magicv8; 07-14-2013 at 02:00 PM.