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Offline mattjay50

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horn not working
« on: 03 August 2011, 12:25 »
when i bought my mk1 the horn was intermittent, then i changed to a momo wheel and now it's not working at all, the relay doesn't click (i have bought a new 1 and still nothing) any ideas? cheers
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Offline SoundillusioN

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Re: horn not working
« Reply #1 on: 05 August 2011, 09:08 »
Quote from: mattjay50 on 03 August 2011, 12:25
when i bought my mk1 the horn was intermittent, then i changed to a momo wheel and now it's not working at all, the relay doesn't click (i have bought a new 1 and still nothing) any ideas? cheers

I had the exact same problem.  I stripped out and rewired the whole car recently and one thing I could never get working was my fooking horn!  In the end I had to make a whole new setup for it.

First thing I would check if I were you would be the earth from the body to the steering rack.  You'll need to jack the car up and get underneath. there is a thick brown wire bolted to the body and the rack near the main steering boot. mine had corroded and eventually broken away, it's in quite a vulnerable area being so close to the ground.
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Offline Snoopy

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Re: horn not working
« Reply #2 on: 05 August 2011, 17:20 »
Mine stopped because of the one on the steering rack too.
Also check the horns themselfs as the wire were it goes into pairs corroded on mine and i had to rewire them.
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