Hi I need again help.

My horn on my 1972 Cutlass Supreme is not working.

Where is the cable for the horn at the steering column mounted and if possible does someone know which colors it has.

If someone knows, please give me advice where to find

And which colour has the cable in the engine bay to the horn.

Many thanks Jörg from Germany

 

The wire that runs from the horn button in the column to the horn relay is black. This wire is the ground side of the relay circuit. Once grounded through the steering wheel horn switch the horn relay energizes and supplies 12v to the horns.

 

Hi Eric, where is this black wire located at the steering column (middle left right) , or better is there a connector or something like this

 

There is a connector at the base of the column that it runs through.

 

Hi Eric I found something this should be the right terminal ?

There was a black wire on it

 

No, that is the neutral safety switch, the connector you are looking for has up to 12 wires in it.

 

Look higher on the volumn. The switch looks like this:

a

 

Hi Matt found it, I found out, that the steering column itself is not groundet (so relais can not work) where is the normal ground of the outer steering wheel in the car under dashboard

 

Hi I found the problem,
the outer housing of the collumn is grounded the inner driveshaft where the horn switch goes to is not grounded I need solution and

please hlp ;-)

 

See if there is a ground strap at the rag joint coupling between the column shaft and steering box.

 

On steering rag joint in the engine bay.