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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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Hey guys,

Well replaced my OEM steering wheel with a Momo hub and Sparco steering wheel. Had that on for about 9 months and the horn worked fine. Now I brought and installed a Works Bell hub and Quick Release with Personal wheel.

Now no horn. I know the horn works because when I lock the car the horns sound. Double checked my wires on the hub they are all good. Went back and put the Sparco back on and again no horn.

Checked the horn relay fuse and the horn fuse. They were both good. So now I'm kinda at a stand still now, I have no idea what else could be the problem.

Any advise on where to check from here would be great. Yelling at people out my window doesn't seem to work

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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:49 AM
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anybody?

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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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not the same circumstance but maybe helpful. When i was wiring up my amp/subs i installed a base **** (JL Audio). Well, i couldn't find an accesible ground to ground the **** against so i took the ground wire from the windsheild wipers and used that. Said "hell why not" spliced it in there threw it backtogether and BAM no windsheild wipers. Did you double ground something to the horns ground? Smack me if that is unhelpful
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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not the same circumstance but maybe helpful. When i was wiring up my amp/subs i installed a base **** (JL Audio). Well, i couldn't find an accesible ground to ground the **** against so i took the ground wire from the windsheild wipers and used that. Said "hell why not" spliced it in there threw it backtogether and BAM no windsheild wipers. Did you double ground something to the horns ground? Smack me if that is unhelpful

Interesting, I'll have to check but off the top of my head I doubt that there is anything else grounded to the horns.

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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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ok checked nothing else running to the horns.

Anybody have any good ideas at what could be the problem?

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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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So i guess you'll have to go back to "the finger" not nearly as loud as the horn but people know where you are coming from.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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Horns many times have constant power going to them and are actuated by a Ground Circuit in your steering wheel. Chk that ground and jump it manually to see if the horn blows
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Eazzy
Horns many times have constant power going to them and are actuated by a Ground Circuit in your steering wheel. Chk that ground and jump it manually to see if the horn blows

how would I jump it manually ?

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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TayTaythatsme04
how would I jump it manually ?

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FUKC ---I JUST ERASED THIS WHOLE DAMN EXPLANATION !!!!


In a nut shell ---expose activator --there is a ground that is isolated ---Take a piece of wire ----Ground it and see if the horn works ---if it does then your built in actuator is not doing its job
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 02:08 PM
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By rights you need to chk continuity's --etc
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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Electricity is like water in a hose ---If you turn it on and you get no water at the end ---Make sure your source is working, then walk down the hose until you find the problem ----Much is eliminated by manually activating devices
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got ya, I tried "grounding it with horn buttons from 3 other *****, but I try and ground it with just a wire.

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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 02:21 PM
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On my works hub I just connected the ground to the metal tab on the bezel ring
that comes w/ the kit and it works fine...
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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you connected the horn ground??

the wire coming from the spiral cable ?

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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 03:03 PM
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The cable w/ the grey connector that plugs in to the oem port has a hot wire and a ground, i grounded to that bezel ring tab...the ground from the horn button itself could also ground to this but already should be grounded cause both metal surfaces are touching. make sure you're not trying to ground the power wire. - I think they are both black on the works cable.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 03:11 PM
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ok the connector has a black wire coming from it. I have that plugged into the red wiring running throw the QR to the horn button.

then I have the two black wires in the QR connected to the two metal rings that come with the QR.

Im I missing something or is that what you have Crom?

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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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This is what I have...
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Crom
This is what I have...

yup thats what I got too.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 04:11 PM
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Do you have a dif horn button to test...
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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tried three different buttons

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