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I'm either blind or stupid or BOTH....

My 46 Chevy didn't come with a horn when I bought it. I want to install a stock horn and stock horn mechanism. I understand how the horn button operates (provides the ground leg to complete the circuit), but I can't find the exit location of the wire itself. Does it travel down the steering column for a while or what? I can't find that wire anywhere, maybe it's missing????

Thanks in advance.

46Possum

My 38 runs down the inside of the steering column & exits above the stering box on the engine side of the column. I don't know if that applies on a 46 but it's worth a look.

Thanks Tiny...

I looked (well, felt with my fingers) and found a hole on the bottom side of the column a few inches above the steering box. No wire, though. I'm thinking this must be the exit point, maybe someone else can verify that.

Thanks again

Rich
46possum

Yup.. that’s it, about 5/16” in diameter when the grease is removed. To run the wire I removed the steering wheel and un-clamped the column both at the bottom and below the dash. Then I slipped the column up the shaft until it hit the inside of the cab roof. After removing the old top bearing and cleaning the grease out of the bottom of the column I dropped a length of fishing line with a small weight down between the shaft and the column. Then I fished the line out through the correct hole and then pulled the wire through. If you need photos of the horn assembly I can pass along the ones that one of the guys here sent to me

Your assumption is correct, that's the exit point. The wire will be connected to the back of your mast jacket bushing & should be fed down the steering column. I don't believe the hole is large enough for the connector so you'll probably have to solder it on after pulling the wire tip through the hole.

Oops, Kip & I posted at the same time. If the hole is that large the connector might just fit through it. It looks like Kip has done this before and will be able to give you first hand info.