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Old 01-29-06, 05:14 PM
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Red face hooked battery up wrong = no horn??

i can hear the relay clicking but no horn?? what did i do and how can i fix it?
im sure there still plugged in...
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Check all fuses. And then get some black and red electrical tape and clearly mark your battery cables and battery terminals so this doesn't happen again...
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umm, i'd assume the main fuse (either 80 or 100 amp?) is dead.

if you hear clicking then i'm assuming the main fuse is good... i'm not sure how to managed that one...
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i put the bettery in in a rush and didnt pay attention which cables i had...stupid mistake.. ill go over the fuses and check them.
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i still have no horn....i checked fuses and they seemed good..... what fuse would be the horn???? and is there anything else tide into the same fuse that wouldnt work if that particular fuse was blown??? because everything still works...
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ok...its official...i am a idiot...please delete this thread....
i am going to check the CPU as i think i fried somthing....i will do the ground jumper to the green/orange wire and see if it works....
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ummm, get a fuse tester for like $2 and check the fuses with that... don't just look at the fuse to determine if it's bad. If in doubt, you can always just replace it with a known good one, too. The CPU can cause this problem too... I recall replacing the CPU in my old N/A and the horn started working. Check the diagram in the FSM for sure. Do you hear any sounds with the door open and key in the ignition??? How about with the key out of the ignition and lights on? Pretty sure the CPU generates these sounds as well.

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No. You'd leave the CPU plug on the CPU and jumper a ground wire to the GO or green/orange wire to make the horn honk.

Or, just to confirm the horn works, pull the plug off and jumper the green/red wire to the green/white wire (12v from the fuse).

Horn fuse is in the interior fuse box and the location is shown in the FAQ thread on this site. STOP fuse. If the stop lights work the fuse is good.

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thanks guys....gonna go check sometime soon...will report back...
inspection is tommorow morning at 9:30
gotta have a horn...
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