Mar 19, 2015 - 6:58 PM
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Enthusiast ![]() Joined Oct 3, '14 From Virginia Beach Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
So i picked up a 1996 celica to flip about 2 years ago, and someone ended up stealing the convertible top while it was in the auction lot.
So it sat around for a while, upuntil about 3 months ago I got a parts car with a good top and swapped it on. The car had alot of issues and im down to one of the final ones, the horn. In Virginia a horn is mandatory for state inspection, which is the last thing i need before I can sell it. Here is a video of my sistuation with the horn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVBFE6prMQg If my accent was to heavy to understand, this is the written version: I have replaced the fuse and the relay and still nothing. I do hear a little click from the relay when pressing on the horn. I looked around trying to find the horn, and I kind of found 2 horn looking things. On the parts car there was a horn on the top passenger side by the radiator, with just one wire, replaced that on my project car, and still nothing. While looking around, I saw something else that looked like a horn, on the driver lower side mounted on by a 12mm bolt. This one had two wires. Grabbed it from the parts car and plugged it up. I took both the original and tried to just hook them straight to the battery, all I got from that was just a spark from the terminals where I put the wires next too. Isnt this a way to test the horn? I would appreciate any help guys!! |
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Mar 20, 2015 - 6:41 AM
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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() Joined Jul 1, '14 From Hawaii Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
Make sure he plug isn't shorting first of all. Grab an old 9v battery and touch just connect the wires to the 9v battery (you can use your car battery if you want, but I always use test batteries before possibly shorting small gauge wires to car batteries lol) and watch for a spark. If there's no spark your plug is good.
Try connecting 1 wire at a time to the positive of the battery and the bracket of the horn to see if it'll go off. If you have extra fuses available, try shorting the power wire from the horn to the chassis. To make sure you're getting power to it. But really, just buy a multimeter off of Amazon and pay a bit extra for faster shipping if you don't want to wait. They'll be cheaper than anywhere local and have more features as well. |
arsalan500 Horn Please Help Mar 19, 2015 - 6:58 PM
Bitter The horn is grounded to the body through the brack... Mar 19, 2015 - 7:24 PM
arsalan500 If you were refering to the horn looking thing up ... Mar 19, 2015 - 7:42 PM
Box Yep, proper ground is important. Can also test th... Mar 19, 2015 - 8:39 PM
arsalan500 So I have replaced the relay, fuse, installed a ho... Mar 19, 2015 - 9:31 PM
arsalan500 When I get home today, I'll take a pic of what... Mar 20, 2015 - 10:21 AM
Box Hmmm, unless for some reason the horn button isn... Mar 20, 2015 - 6:23 PM
arsalan500 I know for a fact it had alot of moisture in the i... Mar 21, 2015 - 4:50 PM
Noahwhite2014 QUOTE (arsalan500 @ Mar 21, 2015 - 4... Mar 22, 2015 - 7:08 AM
jesse09 Have you tried removing the airbag and making sure... Mar 26, 2015 - 6:35 PM
Box ^Yup, just make sure to disconnect the battery bef... Mar 26, 2015 - 8:02 PM![]() ![]() |
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