Help for 67 Mustang Steering Horn Assembly

Have a 67 Mustang Convertable. Horn has never honked. Took steering wheel off and am stumped. Anyone got idea about what might be missing. It seems like the outer part that you push to honk the horn isn't sitting right to press against the horn points. Have a diagram of the steering wheel, but how does one cross reference the part numbers?

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rljc67
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The first thing to do after the wheel is off is turn on the key. Then locate the two bursh contacts sticking up out of the turn signal switch. (small metal tips on top of a spring. Shorting across these contacts the horn should blow. If not look elsewhere. check to see if there is voltage to the horn itself. Many of the older diaphram horns will rust up and not work even with voltage. the most common problems i've found are.

1.) at some point the steering colum tube has sliped downwards away from the steering wheel so that the brush contacts no longer hit the back of the steering wheel. 2.) At some point the engine compartment inlucing the horns was detailed, meaning that the brackets, bolts and fendor aprons all received a nice thick coat of semi flat black paint resulting in no ground conection for the horn.>
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walt peifer

I don't have the part numbers in front of me, but if you take the wheel off and cross the two bronze contacts, the horn should work. The headlight switch has the circuit breaker and there is no horn relay unless you have cruise control featuring buttons on the steering wheel or the tilt away steering column. And yes I know factory cruise for 67 was in the turn signal lever end if someone is eagar to correct me.

Next, if your horns work, then all you need to do is loosen the steering column and slide the painted tube up until the painted cone is less than an

1/8" away from your steering wheel. This trick will work on 65-67 but not the 68s since they have a collapsable column.

TM6

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TM

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