thedon051586
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- City, State
- Greenville, North Carolina
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1997 Mercury Mountaineer
okay so this is my issue with my 1997 awd mounty, guys. when i got the truck the cruise control buttons were demolished and not functional, typical of the old fords, i know. but functional horn, fuse, and relay. so i, in the essence of aesthetics just removed the hideous switches from the steering wheel. in the correct fashion might i add. unhooking battery cables, pressing brake pedal, waiting 10 minutes or so. that whole deal. then removed air bag and disconnected switches, and put it all back together. now i have no horn. i want to know how to fix the horn without putting new buttons back in. and without having a ghetto auxilliary horn button on the dash as ive seen numerous times. i dont care about cruise control, i never use that crap anyway, just want my horn back so i can pass inspection. does anyone know which wire needs to be isolated from the cruise control harness or clockspring to enable the horn to work again? under my assumption, the horn power is run thru the cruise control buttons and then on to the horn switch, which is grounded when horn is pressed. please give your expert opinions all! ive searched the forum but everybody says buy new switches. well no thank you, theres got to be a cheaper way aroound this simple issue. i only ask because im not too keen on poking around the clockspring terminals with battery and power on. so if anyone has info it would be greatly appreciated!!