Bad horn?

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gtxdude

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Do horns go bad? hit my horn ring and it didn't work. Got the car last fall and now I'm not sure if I ever checked it until now. How would I check it? Tried to test for power but not sure if it only gets power with horn ring pressed down. 65 Dart if interested. Check back later, thanks
 
I would start by looking under the hood to see if there is even a horn there.
 
HOW HORNS WORK

I'm not familiar with your 65 physically, but your horn relay should be under the hood. On my 67 it was originally fed right off the alternator stud, so start there

You are looking for a small metal box with a 3- wire conector

One wire get's LOTS of power a fairly large wire. This feeds one relay contact and one end of the coil (electromagnet)

The "bottom" end of the coil feeds off, through the bulkhead, and when you mash the horn button, it grounds and completes the circuit.

You should be able to reach in through the window while leaning your "ear" under the hood and work the button and hear the relay click. If you cannot, this might be the horn button or wiper contact dirty, or the wire through the bulkhead connector lost connection, or the relay is bad.

(Just because it clicks does NOT mean the relay is good, but at least it does do that)

When the button grounds the coil and pulls in the relay, the main feed wire goes through the relay contacts and feeds to the horn

Download yourself a shop manual, for free here

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?p=1970088617

More manuals "and stuff" here

http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=31

Also on this same site are simplified wiring diagrams. These are both good and bad. They are sometimes easier to follow than the factory ones, but sometimes incomplete and incorrect

Here:

http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=18
 
Thanks guys, it does have a horn and wiring looks like it's complete going back to relay. I'll have to check and see if it's clicking, that's a start. thanks
 
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