My horn stopped working one cold morning, then revived for a few seconds and has now stopped entirely. I tested the two horn wires with a voltmeter and since pressing the horn button caused 12V to appear on one of the wires I replaced the horn with a new one for GB#5.88. However this did not do the trick. The button works fine. Both old and new horns work fine (when connected across the battery). Fuse number 12 blew during testing but I replaced it and the horn still did not work. The only way I can get the horn to work is by plugging the positive wire into one terminal on the horn unit and then grounding the other terminal onto the car. Can anyone explain what is going on? 1984 Caravelle GL auto 190k miles. Lionel Tun ark@saqnet.co.uk |
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