Horn Wire

[LibTimothy]

Hello All.

My horn wire is shorted somewhere between the button and the bottom of the steering column. I can't see how to replace it. Any ideas? Anyone done this before?

Many Thanks!

Timothy

[Kirby]

Take the old one out......put the new one in.......

Sorry I just couldn't resist....

I have had good luck in the past getting to both ends of a wire and splicing a new length on (by soldering) keeping it real small and tight - and pulling through slowly and carefully .. .maybe with a little dielectric grease...? I have not done this on the pinz - but on a old trailer that was wired inside a closed frame rail... it worked good

[michaelh712]

Yes, been there, done that; not fun.

I tried feeding a new wire from the top down, but it kept getting stuck. I was able to feed a thin wire up from the bottom, then attach (solder) the new wire to that and pull through the bottom.
good luck!

[M Wehrman]

The wire goes thru a plate on the bottom of the steering gear,and a tube is installed in it so lube won't leal out. Top down would seem impossible as the chances of hitting the tube would be frustrating at best. Perhaps a length of heavy fishing line or weed wacker line from the bottom would be a thought as it is a tight turn into the gear. OR,loosen the box from the floor pan ,remove the pinch bolt under the dash and lift it up a bit to get a better shot with a wire. Good luck.
Mark

[STPPINZ]

I did it with the steering colum on my work bench. Pretty easy that way.

[Foz]

I slipped drinking straws sections over the wire - this covered the section of wire with scuffed insulation coating so it stopped shorting out and sounding the horn whenever it touched the side of the column - this solved the problem for me - YMMV

[LibTimothy]

Foz,

You did this from the top down? From the horn button? How many straws did you use? This sounds like an interesting way to fix this.


Timothy

[Profpinz]

This sounds like an interesting way to fix this

I agree... a nice bit of "lateral thinking"!

[ABSOLUTSECURITY]

What do you do if the straws wear out?????????????

Sorry just a thought!!!!!!!!

Glynn

[Foz]

I don't remember if I cut one straw to make it fit or used more than straw.. but get a bright light and look inside - you can figure it out.

FWIW I doubt it will wear out in my life time - I reckon the original problem arose from some prior pokin' in the hole and fiddlin' around with the wires. I have no plans to do any of that - so I hope the fix is perm.. if not, I sure as heck didn't lose anything.