QTC: Honk if your horn works ...

[steveb@newkla.kla.com]

I was replacing the horns on the car last night since I have been without 
for a little while now.  Plugged in the replacements ... still nothing.  I 
noticed that one of the horn leads was bent and touching the mounting frame; 
could I have fried something?  Checked out the wiring diagram for the '83 
QTC, which showed the only non-connector in line from the battery is the 
horn relay ... so I pulled the relay and opened it up.  The contacts were a 
bit pitted so I burnished them ... still no horn!  Even though I could hear 
the relay click as I pressed the horn button, I manually actuated the relay 
to no effect.  I rip out the fuse box, noting the 1984 date code ... hmmmm, 
something's been replaced.  As I begin to look behind the box I notice a dis-
connected red wire near a fuse.  I don't expect this to fix anything, but I 
hooked it up before going on ... the horn works now!  Obviously someone got 
religion and thought it might be a good idea to have a fuse somewhere in the 
horn circuit ... but its not in the wiring diagram ...

I am wondering if anyone out there knows if this was an approved factory 
repair, perhaps even a recall item?  If so, is there a modified wiring list
available?  I see what look like at least 4 new fuses ... I know what one of 
them does, but it would be nice to know what the rest do ...

TIA!

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)