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03-19-2011, 05:04 PM | #1 |
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1962 C10 Horn Installation
OK Gents I have a 1962 C10 that currently has no horn. I got a horn from a local yard today but now I am trying to figure out the installation. I know I need to get a horn relay. The relay gets a hot wire from the battery, a wire to the horn, and a black wire from the horn button.
The problem is that I trace the black wire from the horn button into the wire bundles and have no clue where it goes to. Where is it supposed to come from originally??? Any advice or suggestion are welcomed!! |
03-19-2011, 09:35 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1962 C10 Horn Installation
on mine, it comes from wiring harness on steering column out to firewall. green wire.mine is a 65 tho. not sure if all years were wired the same.
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Re: 1962 C10 Horn Installation
The black wire starts at the relay and continues up to the large connector on the firewall. It should continue thru the harness until it meets the turnsignal bundle going into the column.
Power will run from the horn relay up into the column and when the button is pressed it grounds the black wire to the internal metal of the steering shaft. I'm most familar with 64-66, but it should be similar.
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Re: 1962 C10 Horn Installation
Yes, the 60 through 66 horn wiring is similar for all years. Although some of the early years had the color coding of the black & green wires switched around opposite of the later years. And many of the later years also had a power distribution buss bar built into the horn relay assembly.
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Re: 1962 C10 Horn Installation
Going through this now on my 64 C10. There is no horn and I'm not sure where to begin if I purchase an aftermarket horn from an auto parts. I know I can mount it somehwere near the horn relay and voltage regulator like maybe on the frame. But I'm not sure how to tie it in to the wires (Dk Green & Black) coming from the bulkhead?
How did you reslove it? Thanks, Mark |
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Does your truck still have the factory horn relay installed? If so, those dark green and black wires from the harness should have a 2-terminal plug that plugs into the relay. The dark green wire is the output from the relay that would have gone to the original horn. So all you should have to do is locate the other end of that dark green wire and connect it to the replacement horn. The factory horns were grounded via their mounting bracket to the radiator support. But many newer / replacement horns will have 2 terminals (power and ground). If you get one of these, simply hook the dark green wire to the horn's power terminal and add a ground wire to the other terminal. |
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11-30-2017, 04:13 PM | #8 |
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Re: 1962 C10 Horn Installation
That image has been very helpful for me in my wiring efforts, but either I'm not seeing it or it's missing the ballast resistor wired between the positive coil and the firewall (the 20 W/OR/PPL purple wire).
Might lead one to believe that in a points setup the coil always gets 12 volts as opposed to only when cranking the engine. I am assuming it's a points setup because of the yellow 20Y wire going from "R" on the solenoid to the positive side of the coil. IIUC, the points can't handle 12 volts full-time, so the resistor reduces input to the coil to ~9 volts when the ignition is on, but when cranking, the "R" supplies 12 volts to help start the engine.
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Re: 1962 C10 Horn Installation
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