Horn Not Working Willys MB

[acespast]

Hi,
I recently changed the steering wheel on my 42 Willys MB and now the horn does not work.Prior to this is was working ok.Any advise please.

[Chuck Lutz]

Did you install the steering wheel all the way down on the splines? If not that button may not depress enough to close the contact.
Remove the nut and horn button, depress the spring-loaded surface where the horn button would be and see if the horn works.

[acespast]

Hi Chuck,yes i tried that but still not working.Any other ideas plz

[Rml1708]

There is a decent topic here somewhere that works you through the troubleshooting process. I have a tough time with searching some of these needed topics

[YLG80]

The schematic can help you.
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If you don't touch the steering wheel horn button and you have + voltage on one post of the horn, check the voltage on the other post and follow the circuit up to the steering column contact.
You should find a positive voltage all along the wiring.
The steering column contact is only grounded when pushing on the horn button.

Good luck
Yves

[artificer]

Yves is right on the money.

Get out the multi-meter or test light.
Both wires @ the horn should exhibit vehicle voltage as should the wire @ the bottom & top of the steering column.
When the button is pressed this live @ the top of the steering column is grounded & the horn sounds.

[acespast]

Thanks Yves,i shall endeavor to sort it tomorrow.I shall keep you informed.

[acespast]

All done,What i did was to take steering wheel off again,pulled wiring a little up/down and after putting wheel back on it worked perfectly.Thank you all for your help.

[YLG80]

Thanks for the feedback. The horn button switch is a little bit rustic !