Jeff,
Sounds like you may have the connections wrong on the relay. If the relays
are exactly like the originals, then there should be 3 labeled connectors
on the relay: W1, C1, and C2.
W1 connects to the Horn push button (ground)
C1 connects to the horn
C2 connects to constant 12V
The Relay DOES NOT need to be grounded itself. Usually you can test the
relay with a nice, strong, fresh 9V battery and a short piece of
wire. Connect one end of the battery to W1 and the other to C2, it should
either click if the battery is strong or just spark if the 9V battery is weak.
Hope that helps,
Steve Reilly
'70 GT6's
At 08:51 PM 19/03/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Okay, this is getting me steamed. Any advice appreciated.
>
>I determined that the new horn relay I purchased was bad, because I couldn't
>get it to work. A second, new replacement arrived today. Same problem.
>Can't get it to click. Here's the rundown:
>
>Horn push is good, causing a ground when pressed. Checked this at the
>terminal which connects to the relay with a volt/ohm meter.
>
>Horns are properly grounded and good. They're actually NOS. When 12v is
>applied to the horn wire that connects to the relay, I get a good, sharp blast
>from both horns.
>
>12v source to relay is good. Verified with the volt meter. And again, If I
>connect the 12v source to the normall closed pole on the relay, the horns
>blast for as long as I connect it.
>
>The only possible answer that I could think of was that the relay needed to be
>grounded. So fine, I tried that too. Still no good. I can not get the relay
>to click by applying ground to the terminal that the horn push is supposed to
>go to.
>
>Could it be possible that I just spent $25 on another defective relay??
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