Re-Wiring horn?

[M1009 Fiend]

I know that i have a horn next to the light of the drivers side head light, but it doesn't work.
Would it be worth the time to try and re-wire/connect the horn?
Has anybody done this?

This was just an idea that hit me while thinking about making my glow plug manually operated.

 

[SPECIALTYLC]

My horn works, but its not very loud. Regular pickups had two horns.

 

[Cucvnut]

might be rust on the contacts on the steering wheel

 

[Napoleon_Tanerite]

I'm going to be installing a train horn on mine. I don't use my horn much, but when I do, I mean it!

 

[panama]

Make sure you check the horn relay too! It's in the fuse panel...

 

[Hal O'Peridol]

Just a thought, and I might be wayyyyyy off, but are you perhaps mistaking the black out drive light for a horn?

 

[kenny]

Just a thought, and I might be wayyyyyy off, but are you perhaps mistaking the black out drive light for a horn?

I wondered why my horn light up at night. Thanks

 

[jimm1009]

That make your horn ADAC compliant!

The relay can be bad and is a really cheap fix at almost any puto parts store.
The ground can be bad due to rust on the plate under the button on the steering wheel and also the contact with spring can be an issue too.
Perhaps try plugging a volt meeter into the power wire for the horn or a 12v bulb if you don't have a volt meter.
Ground at the horn is another major fault for being inop as well as the horn itself. You can remove the horn and wire it directy to the battery to see if it doew work as well. Use the front battery or another car or truck as you only want to test it with 12 volts.
I put the GM dual horns on mine since the CUCV only has one and it sounds
"less than Manly".
Civy units have tow horns, one high pitch and one low pitch and this makes it
better to be heard by.

jimm1009

 

[Wolf.Dose]

I once had to replace the horn on my former M1009. I bought a German standard horn and after installing it did not work. I cut out the capacitor which is installed in the harness just before the horn and... it was making the appropriate noise. May be US horns are designed a little bit different than European horns and the sound level requirements are different, but for our European understanding, US electric horns do not produce the propper sound power level.
Wolf

 

[3dubs]

My horn did not work either. So I took the path of deep thought and internal reflection... I just got a can of contact cleaner and cleaned all the connections. Now it works. I did the same thing to make my windshield wipers work too.

 

[ChevyFan1207]

The police department who had mine after the Army had horn trouble. They mounted a button on the metal bracket on the dash. It's funny during the day, but it's annoying when drunk passengers honk it at night.

 

[M1009 Fiend]

Just a thought, and I might be wayyyyyy off, but are you perhaps mistaking the black out drive light for a horn?

No im not mistaking the blackout light, the horn is on the driver side behind the grill.

Thanks for all the responses.

I think ill try the contact cleaner and see what happens