[TR] TR3 Horn Wiring

Bud Rolofson levilevi at comcast.net
Fri Aug 28 09:42:53 MDT 2015


Sand the horn button connections and inner hub, also check that the big nut behind the steering wheel (not you) is tight. My horns were " fixed" recently by doing this.
Bud

Sent from my Commodore 64

> On Aug 28, 2015, at 7:19 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Keith Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net> wrote:
>> I have power at the N/G bullets and connectors. When the N/G wires are
>> attached to the horn connectors, I get power at the N/B wires. When the horn
>> button is pressed, all wired up this way, I very low “hmph” or “bump” is
>> heard. If I remove a N/B from a horn and touch it to ground, the horn sounds
>> as it should. If I remove the other N/B and touch it to ground, again the
>> horn sounds as it should. I am guessing the horn button ground is not doing
>> its job. Now, to trace where that ground connection is located. Does that
>> logic make sense?
> 
> Yes.  If you ground them directly and they sound normal, yet don't
> work properly when you ground them via the horn button, they I'd say
> you are on the right track.  How about the ground strap around the
> flexible coupling on the steering shaft?
> 
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
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