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Horn won't work

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Hi Can anyone tell which fuse for horn or maybe it's another problem
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Afternoon, on my van [early type fuse] it's no' 12-think it's for the reverse light as well. No' 16 on later vans. When mine was intermittent it was the small adjuster screw on the horn that needed a turn.
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Often the fault is contact ring under steering wheel. You'll need to unbolt wheel to check. Horn may just be too old to care.
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Also check that you haven't knocked the earth off from the lower section of the steering column this is easy to do - just look at the lower section ( no need to remove anything) and you will see a brown earth wire that goes on a hard to find spade.
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Mine was a dodgy earth at the horn itself. A little scrub up and a bit of Vaseline and the job was a good'n.
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