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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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

This sounds like an interesting way to fix this

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

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

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

Glynn

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.