Horn question

[Dave2g]

Since the reality of (finally) being able to ship my car out here to Germany is arriving, I need to fix the horn.

I have gotten to to briefly work before, but not for long. It would spark when I inserted the male part into the female. What would be a great place to start to troubleshoot it?

Best picture I have

 

[MD69Boss]

Determine if the horns actually work or not. That is to say, if your problem is with the actual horns or someplace else.
I would suspect its the horns from what you posted.
There's a guy that repairs and restores them, I can post his info if you determine its with the horns where your issue lies...

 

[kb3]

Determine if the horns actually work or not. That is to say, if your problem is with the actual horns or someplace else.
I would suspect its the horns from what you posted.
There's a guy that repairs and restores them, I can post his info if you determine its with the horns where your issue lies...

I think it is most likely in the aftermarket steering wheel horn contacts. Most are crap! easy to test the horns by connecting power directly to the horns from the battery or other power source. You may need to pull the steering wheel to check the contacts on the bottom of the horn ring.

If you do determine that your horns are bad, Mustangs Plus and others sell them for a song. Considering you are not doing a true restoration, aftermarket horns may be the way to go.

 

[Dave2g]

Determine if the horns actually work or not. That is to say, if your problem is with the actual horns or someplace else.
I would suspect its the horns from what you posted.
There's a guy that repairs and restores them, I can post his info if you determine its with the horns where your issue lies...

I don't have them anymore.. about to order some off Cjpony. Going back home one more time to ship it out, planning on fixing it then. Almost positive it is the contacts or something to do with the wiring. So can't really say if it were the horns or not.

Determine if the horns actually work or not. That is to say, if your problem is with the actual horns or someplace else.
I would suspect its the horns from what you posted.
There's a guy that repairs and restores them, I can post his info if you determine its with the horns where your issue lies...

I think it is most likely in the aftermarket steering wheel horn contacts. Most are crap! easy to test the horns by connecting power directly to the horns from the battery or other power source. You may need to pull the steering wheel to check the contacts on the bottom of the horn ring.

If you do determine that your horns are bad, Mustangs Plus and others sell them for a song. Considering you are not doing a true restoration, aftermarket horns may be the way to go.

What could I do about the contacts? I will pull the steering wheel once I go home.

 

[stangg]

I was going to suggest checking the horn relay... but it doesn't look like Ford used them on the early Mustangs... That would be good reason to foul the steering contacts up if the horns started to draw more current.

If the steering wheel contacts need cleaning / polishing, then you might want to add a relay to the circuit so that the heavy load of the horn is run through the relay which is triggered by the horn button.

 

[Dave2g]

nevermind guys....
Just got the call, leaving on Tuesday for a while. :rant :rant

 

[Dave2g]

Mission was nixed.. Back to figuring out the horn problem. About to buy some new horns since the old ones were tossed years ago. My old steering wheel cracked. I really like the wider black style. Unsure if they came with it though. 67 Deluxe package. Can't seem to find one on mustangs plus that is black, only woodgrain. Looking through other sites as I type this.

I'm going to hook up the new horns and see what happens.. hopefully it was just the horns. If not then it's time to troubleshoot..

 

[180 Out]

I have this same Grant steering wheel on my '65 and had to deal with this the past two weekends. If you have no horns, you need a test light. Even if you have horns, a test light is good to have. I started from the horns and worked my way back. I finally found that the yellow wire from the steering column had popped out of the six-wire connector. But before I found this, I used the test light to check for continuity from the horn to the eight-wire connector at the firewall (it's outboard of the master cylinder), continuity from the eight-wire to the six-wire, and then I found the loose yellow wire, disconnected from the connector of the steering column wiring harness. In addition to the test light you need a wiring diagram, so you'll know what color the wires are. Here's one for a '65: