I recentally bought an ’84 PU for my son. It doesn’t have the owners manual,
and the chilton isn’t very helpful in this area. The problem is the horn.
It doesn’t work, and I can’t find a fuse box that indicates that it is for a
horn. And no fuses are blown.
Is there a relay that would kill the power, or is there a hidden fuse box
somewhere other than in the engine compartment and at the left kick panel?
thanks in advance
Dave
DCatron111 <dcatron…@aol.com> wrote in article
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> I recentally bought an ’84 PU for my son. It doesn’t have the owners
manual,
> and the chilton isn’t very helpful in this area. The problem is the
horn.
> It doesn’t work, and I can’t find a fuse box that indicates that it is
for a
> horn. And no fuses are blown.
> Is there a relay that would kill the power, or is there a hidden fuse box
> somewhere other than in the engine compartment and at the left kick
panel?
> thanks in advance
> Dave
Quite possibly the problem is inside the steering column. My ’84 PU had
this problem about a year ago. Inside the steering column is a circular
brass ring and on the underside of the steering wheel is a small wiper. As
the steering wheel rotates, the wiper maintains contact with the ring and
thus maintains an electrical circuit for the horn. The problem is, as time
goes on the wiper wears down and losses contact and thus the horn doesn’t
work. The replacement parts are quite inexpensive from the dealer and
easily replaced as well.
DCatron111 wrote:
> It doesn’t work, and I can’t find a fuse box that indicates that it is for a
> horn.
On my truck, the horn fuse is located in a small box on the passenger fenderwell
under the hood.
After three or four attempts at fixing my horn (86 4rnr) I simply gave up and use
my finger instead
–
Herndon Elliott KE4KUZ
Madison, Alabama
http://www.hsv.tis.net/~grace/
DCatron111 wrote:
> I recentally bought an ’84 PU for my son. It doesn’t have the owners manual,
> and the chilton isn’t very helpful in this area. The problem is the horn.
> It doesn’t work, and I can’t find a fuse box that indicates that it is for a
> horn. And no fuses are blown.
> Is there a relay that would kill the power, or is there a hidden fuse box
> somewhere other than in the engine compartment and at the left kick panel?
> thanks in advance
> Dave
Its the "hazard/horn" fuse that controls this, it has no relay, its a 2 wire
horn, one side has power all the time and the other is a ground via the horn
switch, the trouble is probably a worn horn contact in the combination switch,
fairly easy to replace and parts are available from your friendly Toyota dealer.
Hope this gets er goi’n
–
Rick Jones — Toyota Master Diagnostic Technician/ASE Master/L-1
mailto:ssaue…@switchboard.net
http:www2.netcom.com/~ssauer40/webpage.html
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