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Chevyman680063 · 09-04-2009, 07:07 PM

When I connect the horn wire to the horn on my '63 the horn comes on and stays on. Any ideas on why and how it can be fixed? Thanks.

63 & 64 Bowties · 09-04-2009, 07:21 PM

First off, have you changed the steering wheel? If the wire going thru it is grounded, it will sound the horn.

Martin64 · 09-04-2009, 07:52 PM

My last truck did this to me ('70 C10). It was the horn relay. But, if it is the relay, don't just disconnect your hornwire from the horn under the hood. You have to disconnect the relay itself or it'll run your battery down over a couple days.

Chevyman680063 · 09-04-2009, 08:36 PM

I haven't taken the steering wheel off since I got it in '03 but I think the previous owner did some work on the column. I had to get the short wire that connects to the horn from another truck at the junkyard because mine was missing.

4dranch · 09-04-2009, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Chevyman680063

I haven't taken the steering wheel off since I got it in '03 but I think the previous owner did some work on the column. I had to get the short wire that connects to the horn from another truck at the junkyard because mine was missing.

Has the horn worked since you've had the truck?
sounds like it was grounded before you got it and the PO
just took the wire off to stop the horn from blowing.
I would check for a wire grounded.

09-04-2009, 07:07 PM	#1
Chevyman680063 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 850	Horn stays on When I connect the horn wire to the horn on my '63 the horn comes on and stays on. Any ideas on why and how it can be fixed? Thanks.

09-04-2009, 07:21 PM	#2
63 & 64 Bowties and a few others Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 5,638	Re: Horn stays on First off, have you changed the steering wheel? If the wire going thru it is grounded, it will sound the horn. __________________ Bill US Army Vet -193rd Infantry BlueRidgeMuscleCars.com “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Gandhi

09-04-2009, 07:52 PM	#3
Martin64 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 477	Re: Horn stays on My last truck did this to me ('70 C10). It was the horn relay. But, if it is the relay, don't just disconnect your hornwire from the horn under the hood. You have to disconnect the relay itself or it'll run your battery down over a couple days. __________________ Martin Gibson USAF Retired 1964(-ish) C10 Last edited by Martin64; 09-04-2009 at 07:53 PM.

09-04-2009, 08:36 PM	#4
Chevyman680063 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 850	Re: Horn stays on I haven't taken the steering wheel off since I got it in '03 but I think the previous owner did some work on the column. I had to get the short wire that connects to the horn from another truck at the junkyard because mine was missing.



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