Disco series II horn prob.

On or around Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:26:21 GMT, "Indi" enlightened us thusly:

short somewhere, normally. on some motors the horn supply is permanent live and the switching is done on the earth side - dated back to horn push in the middle of the wheel which earthed the wire to the steering column.

Funnily enough, I have the opposite problem. My horn will intermittently

*not* work. I can be tooting merrily at the opposition one day, and next day I may need to blast a traffic miscreant and - nothing. It started in Italy last year (where a working horn is about as vital as brakes), and I dismantled the bits as far as needed to check the wiring, but all was sound. I put it down to the heat, but it's been happening on and off ever since. You're right - the horn is wired permanent live and earthed via the switch. But it ain't simple wiring, that's for sure. There are two or three wires to the horn, one of which was live when I tested, but the horn still wouldn't work. The others, I haven't a clue about. The wiring diagram in the WSM is written in an obscure dialect of Arcturan that I am not fluent in. Lots of code letters and reference numbers, but very few lines representing actual wires. I would take it in for a "proper man" to have a look at it, but you can guarantee that it would work fine for the duration of the visit.

Thanks for the info guys, I will have a look on friday afternoon to check to see if it still stuck on a.