1987 Chevy R10 horn location

Nov 25, 2007 11 Replies

Hello everyone,



I recently purchased a 1987 Chevy R10 truck to fix up. It seems to me someone removed the horn, so I can't even tell where it might have been when it was there. Does anyone know where the horn is located on an 1973 - 1987 Chevy truck? If I know where it should be, I might find a wire and be able to install a new one.



Thanks!


Hi!

The horn on my 1984 GMC Sierra is on the driver's side (if memory serves), behind the grille. I do know that it is behind there for certain...just not exactly sure on which side.

William

Should be on the drivers side mounted to the inside of the radiator horn, or to the inner fender adjacent to the radiator horn above the charcoal canister.

Whitelightning

My 89 same as a 87 . The Horn is located Above the canister, The bolt hole Way up. The Wire is a GREEN Wire that Comes out of the LEFT Headlight Harness .. When looking at the wire Harness u will See a Black Wire that is Grounded to The Support By a bolt. This Same Bolt is Used to Mount the Horn. If u still are confuse I can put a picture of it on my Website.

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Pictures are on the Web site.. A picture is worth a Thousand Words. To Enlarge pictures Double Click To inlarge more Click again . The Horn pictures are at the end of The Slide

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ps.. That 89 Has been plowing since 1995 Original Engine 205,000 Miles on 5 oil Changes ( Quaker State ) only 6 oil filters, The last time I Changed the oil was Because A HOLE rusted in the oil filter .

Original Automatic Tranny Same oil that was in it when I bought The Truck NEW in late 1988 ( Had 8 miles on it) Price Was $8,467.00

Ignore.. I thought u Ment an S-10

Found Through Google that there was a R-10 Full size and a Suburbaon

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Pictures are on the Web site.. A picture is worth a Thousand Words. To Enlarge pictures Double Click To inlarge more Click again . The Horn pictures are at the end of The Slide

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ps.. That 89 Has been plowing since 1995 Original Engine 205,000 Miles on 5 oil Changes ( Quaker State ) only 6 oil filters, The last time I Changed the oil was Because A HOLE rusted in the oil filter .

Original Automatic Tranny Same oil that was in it when I bought The Truck NEW in late 1988 ( Had 8 miles on it) Price Was $8,467.00

Thanks everyone. I'll check it out in the morning. I bought this truck as a father/son project with my 15 1/2 year old son who is getting interested in mechanical stuff and this will be his truck when he starts driving. I'm not very mechanical at all. We got a full drivers side door the other day at a salvage yard and put it on, only to find out that the hinges on our truck have play in them, which doesn't allow the door to close without lifting up on the door. So back the the yard we'll go to pull the hinges from the truck we got the door from, since it closed perfectly. Once the door, horn, gas pedal, and bench seat are replaced, she might be road worthy :)

Thanks again!

You likely just need new bushings and pins in the hinges. Easier than changing the hinges out. The kits run about 5 bucks for a pin, and the two bushings. You need two per door.

Excellent, I'll try the pins/bushings first.

Thanks!

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and a "door hinge spring tool", most parts places have them now, and they are cheap. It can be done with a large screw driver or pry bar but it's not very safe(for you or the truck)

I just got the pins new in the mail, and when trying to remove the old pins, there seems to be a piece of metal on the bottom of the old pins that keeps it from coming out upwards. It's doesn't seem like a removable cotter pin or anything, it seems like all one piece. Am I missing something? Is the door hinge spring tool what I'm needing to buy now?

Thanks,

JAC

Excellent, I'll try the pins/bushings first.

There is a retainer on the pin. It looks like a thin washer. Just bend it and take it off.

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