64 Dodge Horn Issues

[Paul Sprosen]

Hi, my 64 Dodge has the rubber bush at the base of the steering collum with a metal earth band which operates the horn. Mine is not working (although new). How can I by-pass this stupid system with-out pulling half the car apart. Cheers Paul.

 

[Big_John]

Hi, my 64 Dodge has the rubber bush at the base of the steering collum with a metal earth band which operates the horn. Mine is not working (although new). How can I by-pass this stupid system with-out pulling half the car apart. Cheers Paul.

The easiest way is to add a horn button. One wire to ground and the other to the horn relay.

Of course, this won't work if the problem is your horn or the relay.

What I would do is first make sure the steering column is grounded. Then check if the horn works by simply running a power wire to the horn terminal. If that is OK, then I would check the relay by running a jumper from ground to the terminal that should be black with a tracer. If that works, I would trace the black with tracer wire back to the bulkhead disconnect and be sure the terminals are clean.

metal earth band

This sounds like a name for a cover band for Black Sabbath. I'll let myself out.....

 

[Paul Sprosen]

The horn works fine when earth out. I was hoping to retain the original horn function.

 

[Padre4art]

I grounded my steering shaft by wrapping a copper wire ( partially stripped) around the shaft through the access hole in the column where the turn signal wires come out. I added some dielectric grease for non binding rotation, lightly spring loaded the wire loop, and grounded the wire to the emergency brake bracket.

Beats pulling column to replace broken copper piece at shaft bottom end.

Works perfectly!

Art
1964 Newport

 

[Paul Sprosen]

I grounded my steering shaft by wrapping a copper wire ( partially stripped) around the shaft through the access hole in the column where the turn signal wires come out. I added some dielectric grease for non binding rotation, lightly spring loaded the wire loop, and grounded the wire to the emergency brake bracket.

Beats pulling column to replace broken copper piece at shaft bottom end.

Works perfectly!

Art
1964 Newport

Thanks Art, I’ll definitely give that a try.