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HELP! Horn problem! urgent.

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car is finally on the road for the summer. my dad took it to work the past two days and i had it out tonite and took it to a cookout. its running pretty good , but i was getting gas and as i was pulling out of the station i hit one of those gas tank covers, the things where the big trucks put in the gas. anywayyy. the way i was holding my hand on the wheel, the bump made me hit the horn pretty hard. wasnt a big bump, didnt hurt the car or anything but i nailed the horn button harder than normal. as far as i can remember the horn was always a bit sketchy and you had to hit it just right for it to work. well i dont know what i did but i made it super sensative. everytime i hit a bump, or turned the wheel a certain way on the way home the horn would go off and sometime get stuck until i jiggled the horn button. boy did i feel like a jackass. anyway i got home and decided i was just gonan disconnect the ground wire from the horn. well i couldnt find the damn thing. im thinking that something is screwed up behind the horn button on the steering wheel. but im not sure how to get at it. how do you get the center circle of the steering wheel with the corvette emblem on it off. i had a similiar problem on my IROC where i had to replace some horn switch in the steering wheel. but on the vette im not sure how to take off that cover without breaking it. anyone else ever have a horn problem? any help in fixing this is greatly appreciated. thanks im supposed to go to a cruise nite tomorrow nite and really wanna get this fixed!!
 
What a problem to have!

If no one replies with a fix for you, you may want to do a search with the keywords: horn, horn button or horn relay...and see what comes up.
Heidi
 
I had a similar problem. That center circle just pulls off and pops back on again. Once off you should be able to jiggle things around and find your problem. Three screws will remove the problem area and I'll bet it's one of 3 plastic insulators that get old and brittle. Ecklers etc., sell the whole problem area replacement or just the 3 plastic parts.

:w
Guy
 
thanks alot guys. hey 82 guy. you live pretty damn close to me. there isa cruise nite that goes on every thursday nite at the 99 restaruant in westford. would love to see your car there!
 
SMKN97GP said:
thanks alot guys. hey 82 guy. you live pretty damn close to me. there isa cruise nite that goes on every thursday nite at the 99 restaruant in westford. would love to see your car there!

Steve,
Check your email.
I used to go to the one on Wed at the Chelmsford Burger King but now that I work in Quincy, it's had to get there in time.

:w
Guy
 
other than supergluing the old one. where can i get the part i need to fix this?
 
Steve,

Check up a few post, bobchad put a link in for "Last Detail" just click on the link or go to the L81VetteRegistry and look up the phone number for "BURGLAR" he can probably fix you up.
 

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