In the 12 Volvo D13 and many others I suppose, the air horn and city horn are in the steering wheel. I have a custom steering wheel on now and it just has 1 button in the center of the wheel.
In the beginning the city horn was working...but a couple times I hit it and heard the air horn go off. Now I get nothing. I pulled the cap off and I see 2 sets or wiring harnesses.
Can someone explain to me what I’m looking at? Are each set of wires for both horns or is one of them for the air bag which obviously stays unhooked...I also found a little jumper wire that had broke, but I don’t know where it goes or how to fix it. I know it will cost $500 to run it thru the dealer to fix this.
And a more lengthy DYI question is...how do I get my air horns working again? Can I divert the wire or install a pull rope up top? I wouldn’t think it would be this hard but I’m interested in y’all’s experience! Thx
Horn question!
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Soonermark, Dec 24, 2019.
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Pictures??? The jumper wire hold it manually to were it's supposed to go and try your horns. Check the fuses too. The jumper might have shorted stuff out
rolls canardly Thanks this. -
Don't connect the little jumper wire, you'll blow your steering wheel off . JK
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Actually, is there an air bag?snowwy and Cabinover101 Thank this. -
And what a nice cabover that is in your avatar pix.
Are you driving that currently?
I always admired them in an odd non-aerodynamic design kind of way.
Had a chance to buy an International and 38 ft. alum dump w/wet line for 3 grand.
Run/drive and on the road, Needed resto inside cab, but would do that anyway.
Was always sorry I passed that up for the first of a series of 7 rollbacks.
I could have done some real industrial strength damage with that rig.
Check your fuses.
Take a cheapo power probe or meter and find the hot wires; there should be 2,
if you have 4 wires. I would have guessed 3 wires and only one hot.
Which begs the question, Where are the airbag wires?
So thinking 3 wires for the horns, (one hot, and two for each horn,) and one hot for the airbag.
Is it correct your custom wheel has no airbag? That needs to be covered in shrink tubing.
Or remove that fuse, also.
Really should be able to just touch them together and figure it out.
One connection should blow city horn.
Mark it.
Then find combination that blows air horn.
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Not my Cabover. But I have admired the old Bullnose Kenworth. I still have a '93 International standup sleeper Cabover. Had 3 of them at one time. Wouldn't mind having a K100E. Almost had a really nice one a couple years ago, .But someone else bought it before I could
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There's a guy near Wind Gap, Pa that has several; 4 I think, and runs them daily, also does shows.
I always give him the air horn salute in passing.Cabinover101 Thanks this. -
Cabinover101 Thanks this.
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Coffee down the steering wheel plays havoc on that horn sensor,,gimmee the old days, PULL THE BLOODY CHAIN, MAN!!
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How difficult is it to put the air horn chain in? Anyone done it themselves or what would a shop price be?
I attached the pic of the harness. I have cut that off now. 4 wires...the diagram is from the manual. I’m sure my fuse is blown. I’ll check that today. I can’t get any juice from any wire at this point.Attached Files:
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