From: FantomFan on

"Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)AE86.gts> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:57:36 +1200, FantomFan wrote:
>
>> The horn on my 1996 Corona has stopped working.
>>
>> So far have checked and verified the following.
>>
>> 1. The horn works when supplied with power 2. The fuse is ok
>> 3. There is power to the relay
>> 4. The relay works.
>>
>> So it appears the fault is through the button side of the circuit - how
>> do
>> I go about testing this side?
>
>
> Never mind the horn...just use your 'finger'...
>
>

I like the idea - but when they were pulling out in front of me I don't
think they would have noticed (not a good time to find out the horn doesn't
work either)

From: FantomFan on

"Tegger" <tegger(a)tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "FantomFan" <reaper_nz(a)hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:fc5aoj$7q8$1(a)lust.ihug.co.nz:
>
>> The horn on my 1996 Corona has stopped working.
>>
>> So far have checked and verified the following.
>>
>> 1. The horn works when supplied with power
>
>
> BOTH horns?
>
>
>> 2. The fuse is ok
>> 3. There is power to the relay
>> 4. The relay works.
>>
>> So it appears the fault is through the button side of the circuit -
>> how do I go about testing this side?
>>
>
>
> Do you have an air bag?
>
> --
> Tegger
>

Yes to both questions.

From: FantomFan on

"Bruce L. Bergman" <blnospambergman(a)earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:57:36 +1200, "FantomFan"
> <reaper_nz(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>The horn on my 1996 Corona has stopped working.
>>
>>So far have checked and verified the following.
>>
>>1. The horn works when supplied with power
>>2. The fuse is ok
>>3. There is power to the relay
>>4. The relay works.
>>
>>So it appears the fault is through the button side of the circuit - how do
>>I
>>go about testing this side?
>
> If this car is pre-airbag, first thing to check is the horn ring
> brush on the back of the steering wheel - they plain wear out...
>
> With airbag, you would be getting an airbag fault light if it was
> the clockspring cable. Unless only the horn lead has broken.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
>

Yep, problem was a broken horn lead in two places.

Most noticeable was when the wire came away at the join that leads to the
two buttons. Then found this lead was also broken about half way back
towards the plug.

All working now.

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