my horn is not working i don't have electric door locks, the clock works the courtesy light works just no horn which i found out when a jerk ran a stop sign and almost bashed into my passenger door,right where my 5 yr old daughter was at the time thanks to quick reflexes and goo brakes a tragedy was avoided but i did flip the guy off please help me get my horn working!!!! i need to know how to pop the center button on my column, i have the tele/tilt wheel. hellllllllllp

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Ann,
I would tell you to get the Assembly Manual for your car as your is the only one with the different steering wheel than the rest if the C3's have. Before your year it was a plastic steering wheel and after, GM went with a leather wheel. Your steering wheel is the same one that was used in the, sorry to say, VEGA! GM got a lot of complaints about that so they switched back to plastic I believe for one year and then to the leather wheel when they did the restyle. Sorry I couldn't be more help.


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thanks Nikki! i just bought the gm assembly manual, a chiltons,and an owners manual.Trying to find somthing called a Helm's manual? anyone out there know where to find one?

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I'd try ebay or Boarders or Amazon maybe. Hope this helps.

Anyone know what the Helms has that the others don't and maybe a price?

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Dar   (darla)
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dar,
I tried amazon but i haven't tried borders yet! thanks

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helms is a company that provides dealers with manuals. you can reach them at 800 782 4356

Mike McGuire

thanks mike!

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just to let everyone know i did get the button out and i found a glob of black putty silastic and epoxy i guess the guy couldn't get the button to stay so he put all that crap in there and didn't care if it worked or not! got it all cleaned up but still need to get it to work.oh well here comes my weekend project again

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ann check the little spring it my not be grounding wright jim

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StingrayJim
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There should be an upper horn contact and also a lower one. Sounds like your upper is FUBARred, if you know what I mean

spring? i wonder if it was stuck in the putty! or if bubba took it out i am having a buddy over for and vette work i tried putting a screwdriver over the 2 contacts and got nadda. oh well the aim came and help is on the way! thanks you guys

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ann on page 3-37 in mid america #600-5522 horn contact kit or #601-970 horn&st eering wheel mount kit jim h 76L48

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StingrayJim
NCM Lifetime Member #1936

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You may want to use a volt meter and check to see if the Horn Relay is working. Also, and this may see like a stupid check the fuse panel. I can't remember if the horn has its own fuse or not, but on my 72 the Horn relay is part of the alarms system, so you may want to see if the fuse for the alarm system is bad. Also check to make sure the wires on the horn relay are all connected.

I hate electrical problems, they are the ones that really get under my skin, because its one of those things that is hard to trace.

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I would say it is probably your upper horn contact. It is a little spring which can get misaligned. had this problem with my 82. It is an easy fix