1972 Cutlass horn problem

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Old June 28th, 2015, 03:04 PM
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1972 Cutlass horn problem

I joined here recently, and have been waiting for my car to arrive from WA (I'm in MA)...it finally arrived yesterday. I knew the horn didn't work, so that was one of the things I was researching while waiting, and one of the things I looked into today.

I checked one of the horns by going right to the battery and it works, so the next thing I did was take the horn button off and the contact ring out (1st pic). Based on a previous post I found, it seems that I am missing this springy thing (2nd pic). Are these readily available?

I am also curious about the orientation of mine vs the one in other post...the hole in mine is around 10 o'clock, compared to 3 o'clock in the other one (3rd pic). Is this an issue?

The 4th pic shows the firewall...am I correct that the horn relay is the one on the left, behind the air cleaner? What is the one on the right for?


Thanks for any help!
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Old June 28th, 2015, 04:01 PM
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That spring assembly is available at the local parts store. I actually posted the part number a while back - let me see if I can locate that post.

edit: Here it is:
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...in-needed.html
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You can get it from your local NAPA store:

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/Ca...822_0374189805
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Old June 30th, 2015, 05:53 PM
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Thanks! Worked like a charm....once I got it in there. The original spring that came with the kit is somewhere in my garage after it launched itself to freedom...used a pen spring in its place.
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