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Connecting horn
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:25 pm
by neil_se
I need to get my car roadworthy and the horn isn't connected (red airhorn, is that the standard one?). The service manual doesn't have any details on the horn either. Does anyone have pictures or a description on how the horn connects, or where the wire is located on the loom so i can steal a horn from my other car.
Thanks
Neil
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:19 pm
by nicbeer
std one hangs off the radiator support brackets.
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:45 pm
by neil_se
Yep, that one was in place but with no wires or hoses about.
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:50 pm
by Jaffa
This may or may not help my car is a Maruti not a Sierra so it may be different, but in the pic towards the bottom left corner, you can see 2 wire green and blue, they go to the horn (IIRC) they should come out of the loom that goes to the headlight (IIRC)
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:07 pm
by neil_se
Hmm, the horn was on the passengers side on my car.
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:15 pm
by Jaffa
check for the wires on the drivers side, if they are there just move the horn over to the drivers side, there should be a spare captivated nut there.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:58 pm
by neil_se
Can anyone else with a 1.3 WT help me pleeeeease.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:22 pm
by ScrawnC
If you follow the wires from the back of the right headlights they go down to a loom (buch of wires taped up). There will be 2 other wires coming out with a flat, female terminal on the end with clear rubber sheathing. They are the horn wires. If you need colors let me know and I'll run back out to have a look.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:21 pm
by neil_se
I just went and had a look. Found 2 spare wires but one was a constant voltage and the other did nothing. Could you please get colours or a picture for me because i don't understand how the terminal attaches to the horn either, i may be missing a piece.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:52 pm
by nicbeer
thats correct what you have got.
the horn is negative switched.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:25 pm
by neil_se
Ah i see, the horn i took of my other car to test with grounds to the chassis. I don't understand how the two female connectors plug onto the horn then, i must be missing something?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:30 pm
by tjm_tj
ditch the aftermarket air horn and buy a standard style reverb horn
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:36 am
by ScrawnC
The factory horn is just a round disc shape with 2 flat blade terminals off it. About 2" in size (50mm) or there abouts...
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:37 pm
by neil_se
Ok it seems the wire from the steering wheel is broken somewhere along its path so i bought a new horn, ran a new wire from the steering wheel and it's all good now.
One issue down, many more to go
