horn dosent work...
horn dosent work... well its getting kinda annoying that i have to rev at people instead of honking at them so i want to fix my horn...could it be the relay or the horn itself? the fuse is fine since my ciggarete lighter still works.Where is the relay located at and how do i check if it works or not? same for the horn.
I noticed my horn sounds different than other LT1's that I have heard. (97 model) Does the LT1 have dual horns, to make a specific sound? I think my horn might have only one working. To the OP you might try looking on shoebox's web page for correct relay location.
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I've got the same exact problem. Except that my whole interior electrical system is down except for the lights, instead of just the horn.
The revving does get tiring after awhile, unless it's at really slow pedestrians.
The revving does get tiring after awhile, unless it's at really slow pedestrians.
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There are 2 horns on my 97z. You get at them from under the car, remove plastic panel in front of right front wheel. not sure where relay is. saw the horns when i had to change turn sig. bulb.
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Relay is in the engine bay relay/fuse box. look at the map and it will tell you which one.
I just had to replace the horns in my 97. It went from Dual Tone to Single Tone to Pathetic half-baked nearly dead for 1 day tone then died entirerly. Now i have two new fiamm horns mounted. You have to wire up the new ones with a custom harness as the replacement horns (unless GM direct) don't have the odd clip on connection GM used.
I used some vampire taps to connect two extra wires to the factory horn harness, then used quick disconnect female flatblade types to hook to one horn, and a vampire tap/quick disconnect to connect to the other.
You'll have fun replacing them. Jack up the front passenger side and set it on a jack stand. Otherwise you will be cursing up more of a storm than when you do jack it up. The horns are on a bracket that can be removed so you can easily build the harness you need. That brackets bolt is a PITA to get back in after you replace the horns. that bolt is above the top horn and a little towards the front of the car. Most electric simple tone horns are polarity ignorant. They don't care which side gets positive or negative
I just had to replace the horns in my 97. It went from Dual Tone to Single Tone to Pathetic half-baked nearly dead for 1 day tone then died entirerly. Now i have two new fiamm horns mounted. You have to wire up the new ones with a custom harness as the replacement horns (unless GM direct) don't have the odd clip on connection GM used.
I used some vampire taps to connect two extra wires to the factory horn harness, then used quick disconnect female flatblade types to hook to one horn, and a vampire tap/quick disconnect to connect to the other.
You'll have fun replacing them. Jack up the front passenger side and set it on a jack stand. Otherwise you will be cursing up more of a storm than when you do jack it up. The horns are on a bracket that can be removed so you can easily build the harness you need. That brackets bolt is a PITA to get back in after you replace the horns. that bolt is above the top horn and a little towards the front of the car. Most electric simple tone horns are polarity ignorant. They don't care which side gets positive or negative
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Not really on topic, but to the 2 horn question, it's generally for different octaves. So that on the highway when you have road noise, it will penetrate to be heard more easily. This is just a theory, but I think that may be a reason for emergency sirens sounding as they do, low to high to low. And more recently the added sound effects.
