On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:26:03 -0600, "O.B." <funkjunk@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
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>I just received a 1982 Toyota Tercel as a gift. The horn button on the
>steering wheel doesn't seem to work. But first, I want to verify that
>the horn is actually installed on the car. Where is it usually located?[/color]
Especially if the car was sold in the USA, I can guarantee that when
it was built it had a horn. It's a federally mandated piece of safety
equipment that dates back to the turn of last century. <Ah-OOOOH-Ga!>
They are usually behind the grille and in front of the radiator
support sheetmetal, but sometimes tucked underneath the grill almost
behind the bumper.
Not sure about the Tercel, but the standard way of getting the horn
power to the horn switch on the steering wheel is with a slip ring on
the back surface of the steering wheel, and a contact brush in the
steering column hub. And a normal failure is the contact brush wears
out after turning a few thousand corners and the horn stops working.
If that's how yours was built, they stock the contact brushes at the
Dealer parts counter, cheap and fairly easy to change.
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