Changed my Steering Wheel! But....

[Kaptain Klang]

We'll get to the "But" in a minute. Meanwhile a short pictorial....

How do we get from THIS:

To THIS:

?

By the use of THIS!

Yes, that is MY blood!

 

[Kaptain Klang]

So, after much faffing, swearing, bleeding, swearing, faffing, swearing, and swearing I had a pile of bits:

.... so I could fit THIS!

!
Now the "But".....

It's a bit close to the column stalks (I can work around that), but I have NO IDEA how to get the Horn connected! Anyone got some ideas? There's nothing to run power to the supplied Horn Ring. Suggestions?

 

[Kaptain Klang]

 

[Clodo]

I think I read some where tgat you need aftermarket horns xx

 

[h701micra]

There should be 1 wire to plug onto your horn button.
Some come with 2 tabs on the button itself. Just swap em over until it works
It earths via a spring contact on the boss

 

[karlj]

You know you didn't need to lose blood swapping the wheels, I have the torx bit that fits

As for the horn, does the aftermarket push button have two prongs on it?

 

[Kaptain Klang]

You know you didn't need to lose blood swapping the wheels, I have the torx bit that fits

As for the horn, does the aftermarket push button have two prongs on it?

I have the tamperproof Torx bits too, and the result was the mangled bolt heads I show at the top. I think they're WELDED in! Anyway, aren't you supposed to put your own blood, sweat, and tears into your cars?

Also you will have noticed that I have removed ALL the gubbins for the airbag, so the only wire is the Green/White one in the small yellow plug I shoved the resistor in, and there's nowhere for it to go (I don't fancy having wires wrapped around the steering column as I turn the wheel!). On other cars there has been a contact on the column to go against the horn ring on the bottom of the boss, and there's nothing there to do that job on this car. Do I need a part from a non-airbag car?

 

[karlj]

?

Isn't that the wiring for the horn?

 

[Kaptain Klang]

Isn't that the wiring for the horn?

No, the white plug is the wiring for the airbag, the horn is still connected to the push (the off-white plug at toe top of the frame). If you look at the pile of bits you'll see the round thing with yellow surface: That goes between the wheel and the column. The small yellow plug you see in the Vid plugs into that, and from there you have 2 wires, one for the horn, one for the airbag. The Round thing had to come off because with it on the wheel doesn't go onto the splines.

 

[karlj]

My phone is being stupid and only loading half the pictures

You could always wire a seperate switch

 

[Kaptain Klang]

This is what you have with the Airbag slip-ring:

Take it off and you have:

You can see the resistor in place (Hi-Tech stuff). The plug has only 3 wires: 2 for the airbag, and the green/white for the horn push. Anyone got a non-airbag slip ring they can sell me?

 

[karlj]

When I swapped the steering wheel on my super s there wasn't a "slip ring" afaik they're only on airbag models, also there were two wires live and earth

 

[Kaptain Klang]

When I swapped the steering wheel on my super s there wasn't a "slip ring" afaik they're only on airbag models, also there were two wires live and earth

Any pics of the column without steering wheel?

 

[karlj]

Sorry no

 

[Kaptain Klang]

Sorry no

No worries: By a very roundabout route I found this thread which shows what I need to do:
http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/factory-horn-wiring.58210/

So now, in the words of Lord Flasheart "I've got a plan, and it's as hot as my PANTS!"!

 

[Kaptain Klang]

I have a working horn! Pics tomorrow, but I'll just say that Magnet Wire and Cable Ties are the bodgers friends

 

[Kaptain Klang]

So, I needed to get power to the slip ring: How about THIS little lash-up!

Whaddaya think? It works!!

 

[Antony]

I just wired in a starter button to act as a horn....lol

 

[Kaptain Klang]

Yeah, but I had to pay for that horn push so I was gonna damn well use it!!

 

[IrishK11]

I just wired in a starter button to act as a horn....lol

I have a door bell on my dash as a horn

 

[Kris]

Hey Kaptain Klang!
Is this a resistor to stop airbag light flashing? If so what ohms is it? Thanks!