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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: cняis on 22 March 2010, 21:56
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Right guys one of my MOT failures was lack of horn :shocked:
seeing as the current steering wheel boss has no horn button, this could be why :grin:
i've bought a new boss kit with horn button, and was wondering... is there only one feed to the horn button? i.e. through the tab on the stalks to the back of the boss? obviously i have no original wheel to check.
if theres more than one feed, then im missing a wire somewhere!
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forgot to mention i have an aftermarket wheel hence the use of a boss kit
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There should be two spade connectors, to complete the circuit.
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so lets say if i was to remove an OE wheel, i would find two connectors coming from the steering column somewhere? in addition to the metal tab on the stalks?
if so, then the wiring has gone missing somewhere! :shocked:
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On my 1990, I have two wires with spade connectors that fix on two plates, when the two plates touch it gets completes. The wires come through the steering column on mine.
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erm ok...
looking at this pic the only way the horn push button connects is via the tab on the stalks, i.e. theres no seperate wiring from the column into the wheel:
(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w167/crevice1984/HPIM1276.jpg)
i appreciate there are two connectors inside the wheel itself
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Yours is a pre 90 spec I think, may be someone else can help.
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thats a pic from my old small bumper project but i hope (really hope) that the vr6 conversion i have, which is post 90, is meant to be the same... otherwise i have wiring thats gone walkabouts... and i really dont want to be tracking those wires down, its like spaghetti junction behind the dash at the moment :cry:
i havent got my new boss kit yet and its getting closer to MOT retest time!
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some horn push only have the 1 spoade, and earth thru a metal contact on the side to the body of the wheel boss. mine is like this :)
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some horn push only have the 1 spoade, and earth thru a metal contact on the side to the body of the wheel boss. mine is like this :)
Yer thats why i need to replace my entire stalk soon cos of that wangy setup
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I had the same problem with my Momo wheel. I just fitted a big red button on my dash and ran cables direct to the horn via the battery and an inline fuse. Job jobbed :grin:
nick
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I had the same problem with my Momo wheel. I just fitted a big red button on my dash and ran cables direct to the horn via the battery and an inline fuse. Job jobbed :grin:
nick
Yer thats my only other option...booo!!
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i dont want to have to do that :cry:
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Time for a FUNK button methinks :cool: :grin:
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Time for a FUNK button methinks :cool: :grin:
airhorns FTW :cool:
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the wire on the boss will connect to the spring tab on the column as in the pic, the horn button will then earth thru the boss body and the boss body earths to the steering column. the switch completes the earth path thru the spring tab to the column and sounds the horn. you can test this by putting a screwdriver between the tab on the stalk and the body of the column, this will make the horn sound.
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yay thanks RJ, just what i needed to know :smiley:
new boss kit arrived today so will fit tonight
one less mot fail to worry about :grin: