I'm new to C3VR and trying to redo an 82 CE that someone else started and is  no longer with us to help.  I have a few wires that I'm not sure where they go or what they do.

Jeff, welcome to the site, hang in there our wireing expert will be on soon. About this time of the aftrenoon he is skinnin back an armadillo to put on the mesquite fire.

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Any large black with with an eyelet is a ground. The horn(s) are mounted up under the nose of the car, between the headlights. You should be able to see them with the hood open, but...if your car doesn't have the horns, you won't see them. Perhaps someone here has a pic of the area to show them. The wire(s) for the horn(s) will be green, btw.
I'd have to take a peek at the wiring diagrams for the other stuff....

The wire going up to the hood door from the solenoid is Black with an Orange stripe. The single black wire there might be the ground for the hood door...I'm not sure. Pics of these wires and connectors would certainly help...

Dark blue or light blue?


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Here is the location of the Horns

Hi Jeff
I have a 82CE that is almost original and close to being but together.  Would be if I just kept my hands off of it.  I will go out and take some pictures for you if you still need them.  As you may have found out CE parts are sometimes difficult to get.  I have a local guy that has parted out (rebuilds them if they are rebuildable) two CE over the last ten years so he may have some of the hard to get parts.

Bob...do you have the Service Manual on a CD or something? We can always count on you to have a nice, clear pic of whatever it is we are talking about! Thanks!!

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Thanks Bob - I think my horns are no longer there.  I'll have to look around this weekend some more and take a couple pictures.  I'm not sure because I haven't seen any other loose wires yet.

Gilbert - Could you take a picture of what is in the front of yours so I can compare.  Like is said earlier, I'm trying to finish this after a friend started it and then passed away suddenly.  I'm sure I will have more questions of things that might be missing down the road.  The parts source sounds interesting.

I'm going to try and take a couple pictures of the other wires this weekend (only get to work on her then) and post.

I did the same thing shopping around the different forum.  While there are other forums for CE's they are not all that active.  This is the only one I go on and paid to be a lifer with. 

I have had a cold all week I will get you some pictures (yes ebo even guys in sunny California get colds).   But we still can drive our cars year around.

Back to topic.  I will takes some pictures tomorrow early and post them.

I have the 77, 78 80 Electrical troubleshooting in pdf,  as I search on the internet I save the info. the folder for corvette stuff is 5.5 GB I need to get it better organized to put on a couple of DVD,s

The horn on an 82CE according to the assembly drawings I have is not in the center between the lights as it is in the above drawing.  It is somewhere on the left side.  I cannot tell by what I have so far if it is up by the lights or in the engine compartment or even in the front wheel well.  It is in front left.   Unfortunately my horns do not work or I would just honk them until I found it.  I do have a friend in town that I can have do that if I need too. 

I'm not going to post the pictures I took as they are of little use in finding your horn.  It is definitely not up between the lights.
More later as I try to figure out if I'm missing them (which I doubt) or they are just almost impossible to see.  Which I'm guessing is the issue.

The horns on an 82 are not in the center between the headlights as in some earlier models.  My 82 isn't a CE but I think the horns would be in the same place on them.  My horns are located in an absolutely inaccessible area between the headlight assemblies and the fenders. I have a horn on each side in the same relative location.  I was going to take a pic of the  area but after sliding half way down my driveway on the ice from this weeks storm I decided that pics would have to wait.  Get a good light and probe around in that area from under the car, I think you will locate your horns.  If you find a way to access them let me know.

Finally found my horns I think.  They are located in the headlight area.  The bracket is mounted against the compartment wall that separated the headlight compartment from the engine compartment.  The horns are mounted on the outside of the bracket towards the outside of the car.  This makes them almost impossible to see and with my hands impossible to really touch.  I Could not get my fingers around far enough to actually feel the front of the horn but could see the round side of it.  There are two of them one on each side.  There is a black ground wire connected to each bracket.  I have a .pdf of the location but need some help on how the best way is to post the pdf.   I would recommend that you purchase the Assembly Manual from Corvette America.  It is a pain to use because of how it is indexed.  But it has saved me a couple of times and it is what I used to find the horn location.

Chip (Crossfire1982) was posting when I was.  He is correct.  I do not have snow or ice but could not figure out how to get a picture of the area and it would be impossible remove them without taking the front of your car apart.  All I can say is if my horns ever give out I will not be replacing them with OEMs.  Not interested in pulling the front of the car off to replace horns.

Thanks guys.  Crossfire, I know what you mean about the ice and snow.  You are not far from me.

Welcome to C3VR, good to see another local member.  You have a PM. Chip

OK - figured out the large eyelet wires go to the horns.  Don't want to have to change these as they are tucked deep in the fender.  Looks like you have to remove a plastic shield to get to them.

Still do not know where the black with a connector and the black w/red or orange stripe goes.  I think the striped wire goes to the hood vent solenoid.  Not sure about the black wire.  Are there two wires connected to the solenoid?

Figured out the hard way I can only post one picture.  I can send you a picture of the connector if you send me your e-mail or tell me how I can get another picture on the site.

Resize the pics...they are waaay to large! That will prolly solve the problem. There is no limit on how many you can post, but there is a size limit that the site will accept.

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Pictures are posted now.  Have more available if that helps any.

Thanks Adam, I'm learning!

The horn control wire is black coming from the steering column. From there it goes to the Theft Deterrent module, where it then goes to the horn relay, still as a black wire. From the horn relay, the wire color going TO the horn(s) changes to dark green.

Need more info on the wire colors.
Could the "brown" wire actually be Tan with a white stripe?
Dark Green or light green?
Dark blue or light blue?
I saved the pics, and enlarged them, but I can't really determine the actual colors...for instance, I don't see a green wire in the larger of the two pics with you holding the wires.
The size of the white connector there makes me think this is the cruise control connector...and the wire colors for the cruise control switch ARE blue-brown-black...

The wires for the hood door solenoid are the black w/orange stripe, and the black. The solenoid needs two wires to work...one is power, the other is ground.
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The brown Blue black wires look like the wires for the cruise control switch on the column?

Finally figured the wires out today.  The wires going into the column appear to go to the cruise.  Pulled on the wire just as it went into the turn signal lever and the cut wire moved. 

Looks like the black and black w/orange goes to the hood solenoid.