[W126 Coupe] Dead horn(s)

[Sharan Bains]

Matt,

HAve you checked the two copper push buttons which sit inside the stalk 
assembly ?

They are two copper bushings and it is them that make contact with the slip 
rings. You need to take them out of your old stalk assembly and put them 
inside your new stalk assembly.

They simply pull out - you'll see them in the part of the stalk assembly 
that sits on the steering column, where all the wiring is - they have a 
white plastic cylindrical housing.

The horn rings on the back of the steering push against these two bushes and 
that's how the horn works.

talbir



>From: mattpetersen at ihug.co.nz
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>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Dead horn(s)
>Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:57:29 +1300
>
>My 89 560SEL doesn't have driver or passenger airbags so no
>drama's in that area.
>
>I will do a visual recheck of everything again tonight.
>
>I can't see how the circuit is completed at the slip ring
>end though...
>
>Cheers
>Matt.
>
> > Matt Petersen wrote:
> > >
> > > Given that I changed the Indicator/wiper stalk I wonder
> > > if the wiring  for the horn goes through this?
> > The manual is not real clear on this, but one might
> > suppose that MBZ  found some advantage in running just one
> > wiring harness up the column,  and the wiper/signal stalk
> > seems like it would be first stop.
> >
> > And be careful -- aren't the slip rings for the airbag
> > squib in that  same area?
> >
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