Horn Wire

[old rat 49]

Mine is broken off just inside steering box. Will attempt to fish a new one down through from the top or would it be easier to go from bottom up; but how much extra should I have hanging out the bottom before going to the relay ? 14 gauge OK ? Old piece was all wrapped arround the steering column. Helpful hint: My dual horns don't have the removeable end cap and didn't work at all. I sprayed the heck out of inside of both horns with liquid wrench through the little hole that the power wire screw goes in. Let it sit overnight and applied power. Weak vibration turned into a squeal and then full blast, Worked for me. PS: Thanks to everyone who has helped me on this beasty. This is by far the best forum I have ever dealt with.

[HughForrest]

Tape or tie the new wire to the end of the old one, then use the old one to pull the new one through. Can't help you on the gauge: I run 12 volts...

[Dodgeb4ya]

The horn wire is very fine strand stainless type wire. Needs to twist constantly and not break like copper wire will after thousands of twists, 14-16 ga. should be fine. I feed the wire down through the top-putting a very slight angle bend in the end connector and make the wire perfectly straight pushing down the steering shaft with a slight twisting action feeling it hit the 3/8" tube and then through it and out the bottom. Have done it at least a 100 times so I can do it now fast and every time

Bob

[old rat 49]

There is nothing sticking out the bottom to tie to. I could splice the two pieces together inside the steering column maybe 6 inches from the bottom. That way I can still keep the flexible wire. Will play with it today.

[BobT-47P15]

I used a piece of fairly stiff wire, went from the bottom up....figured that

was easier than trying to hit that hole at the bottom. Then tied the

actual horn wire to the first one and pulled it down and thru.

Now, gonna have to do that process again as the horn wire came loose

from the "T" piece in the steering wheel center.....and I pulled it on out.

[Roadkingcoupe]

As mentioned earlier "the horn wire is very fine strand stainless type wire."

In addition the black wire insulation is very pliable, it feels and bends like rubber.

[P-12 Tommy]

I used a piece of fairly stiff wire, went from the bottom up....figured that

was easier than trying to hit that hole at the bottom. Then tied the

actual horn wire to the first one and pulled it down and thru.

Now, gonna have to do that process again as the horn wire came loose

from the "T" piece in the steering wheel center.....and I pulled it on out.

That's exactly how I did mine.

Tom

[busycoupe]

While I don't need to replace my horn wire now, one never knows when one might need to. Roadkingcoupe, where can you get the special flexible stainless steel wire you wrote about? Is this something commonly available, or a specialty item from a place like Roberts?

Dave

[old rat 49]

Used a piece of stiffer wire to find the hole from the top down. Spliced old wire and pulled it though. No problems. Bent the stiff wire about 30 degrees about 3 inches from the end and it found the exit hole with just a couple of wiggles. Horns checked off my list of things to do.

[Dodgeb4ya]

Used a piece of stiffer wire to find the hole from the top down. Spliced old wire and pulled it though. No problems. Bent the stiff wire about 30 degrees about 3 inches from the end and it found the exit hole with just a couple of wiggles. Horns checked off my list of things to do.

Thats the way to do it!