rmadlem

The horn in my '81 will not work. I noticed the spring, sleeve, and metal shaft were missing so I replaced these. The horn still won't work. Can anyone give me a description of how these are installed? The directions that came with the kit are terrible, I installed them in the way I thought made sense. What would the next thing to look for be? The horns themselves??
Thanks :smash:

Dalannex

I don't remember exactly how the parts you describe go in, but I do remember that when that small rod is sticking out if you ground it the horn should go off. You could try taking the upper contact assembly out and grounding the contact rod to see if the horn goes off then. If it does it is the upper assembly. Only one of your horns should work with the horn. The other one is for the alarm, I think. Mine had the upper assembly always grounding out, so I had to use some small paper spacers and new rivets to get it to work right again. If you find out there is a problem with your upper assembly let me know and I'll tell you what I did to mine to get it to work. :D

Neo Fender

Spring goes in first. Insert pin into the sleeve, the large, flat end of the pin goes in first. Carefully press the pin angainst the spring and turn the sleeve so that it locks into place. A straightened paperclip works well for this.

Assuming that everything is in place, if your horn is not blowing, check to see if your horn relay is clicking or not. The horn relay is a light blue plastic cube under the dashboard. It is atached to a wiring harness.

rmadlem

Thanks NeoFender,
I'll give that a try. I don't think that's how I installed it.
Take care

Neo Fender

Also, with the spring out, you should be able to see the lower horn contact down in that hole. Using a small screwdriver, short this contact out against any other metal part and the horn should blow. If not, you'll know that your problem lies somewhere between that contact and the horns.