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Anonymous Posted on Feb 13, 2013

1984 gm truck horn fuses blowing, dead short, good relay

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It looks like the only thing on the circuit are the horns.
The orange wire goes from the fuse to the relay.
Does the fuse blow if the relay is out of the plug ?
Could be a short in the wiring in the steering column but that should make the horn blow all the time.

  • Anonymous Feb 13, 2013

    even with relay out fuses will still blow

  •  Stephen
    Stephen Feb 13, 2013

    Then I would say you have a short in the harness between the fuse and the socket for the relay.

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  • Posted on Mar 14, 2009

SOURCE: horn does not work

check B+ in the horn pin and check the ground on the horn if there is B+ and B- just change the horn if there is no B+ on the horn conector replace the relay .
B+ = battrey power
B- = battrey ground

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  • Posted on Oct 24, 2009

SOURCE: horn does not work. relay and fuse good, need wiring diagram

Had the same problem myself i just replaced the horn itself.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 18, 2010

SOURCE: horn does not sound

horn is under the hood. usually right against the grill or mounted on fender well. fuses for horn can be under the dash, or in fuse panel under the hood.

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