Trying to figure out what this thing is. Its jumped straight off the battery and whenever I even slightly move the steering shaft it clicks. Any help on what this is and what wires feed into it?

 

Horn relay?

 

DING! DING! DING! We have a winner. It's supposed to be bolted to the inside of the fender. The wiring looks half-fast. No telling what is shorting out in your steering column, but I bet it's the horn. Do your horns work at all.

 

That makes total sense. My sport steering wheel doesnt have a horn button so thats probably what was shorting out and clicking and then sometimes sticking on and making a high pitched whine noise (probably the horns). Anyway wasnt planning on keeping the horns anyway so its all being ditched. Thanks for the help!

 

That's surprising... Doesn't Iowa have state inspection requirements where horns are required to pass a safety inspection???

 

Most states don't.

 

Thats surprising, a guy needs/requires a working horn in MO.

 

iowa hasn't had inspections since the 80's,and only when you transfered it from one person the another.hey 71 cutlass where you live?

 

Yeah, how else would you attract someone's attention when you are waving "the driving finger" at them?

 

Get an old 6v horn and wire it to 12v, it will sound an awful ruckus for a few blasts, then die.

 

No safety inspection for Iowa but I actually do have an inspection this week for the car but its for the bonded title process and just verifying the vin. And im from north of dubuque area if you were asking me cherokeepeople