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#97131 09/13/2006 8:20 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | Yah, yah, yah . . . I know it's dumb, but when the instructions say to put one wire on the left horn relay terminal and another on the right terminal, does it mean my left and right or the horn relay's?
That is, if I look at the terminals head on, its left terminal is on my right and vice versa.
If I look down from the top with the terminals pointing away from me like fingers, the left is on my left, and the right on the right like normal people.
Think about that!
P.S. This may be a problem because I'm left handed. Anyway, I think I figured out the center terminal.
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#97132 09/13/2006 8:36 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | My town & country horn relay has the wire from the starter (hot wire) going to the left (as you face the relay with the horns installed) terminal. The center terminal goes to the horns. The right terminal goes to the horn button (or town & country switch if so equipped).
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#97133 09/13/2006 8:37 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | Everything on a vehicle indicating left and right is from the perspective of one in the driver's seat. On American vehicles, the passenger side is the right side and the driver side is the left side, unless it's a postal vehicle. | | |
#97134 09/13/2006 11:12 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | From the driver's seat! Simple, brilliant, consistent and obvious. Maybe I can hold that in my head for awhile. I'll double check with the hot wire and the left terminal.
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#97135 09/14/2006 1:18 AM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | The instructions with my wiring harness solved this all too common connundrum by wording the directions "Driver's Side" and "Passenger Side". It's not wise to assume left is always driver's side and right is passenger side. Nearly every rule has exceptions. Some say never say never but that violates it's own warning. I prefer "beware of absolutes".
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#97136 09/14/2006 2:22 AM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Retread,
Maybe I don't fully understand the problem, but I don't think I have seen many electrical devices that didn't have some sort of notation, whether it was numbers or letters, on their terminals.
Was this an item possibly manufactured in the land of the 'Great Wall'. :rolleyes:
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#97137 09/14/2006 8:32 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | Automarc,
Tell me what is not manufactured there now. I read a story in this morning's newspaper about this Chinese factory of 160 or so $8-per-day guys pumping out lots of shiny new pistons.
No, there weren't any number or letter notations. In fact, my instruction sheet showed a picture of a horn relay with three terminals, so I'd know what they were, but didn't let on what joined up with 'em.
I'll go with driver-side, passenger-side any day, unless it's straw-foot, hay-foot again.
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#97138 09/15/2006 11:00 PM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 | A 3 connector relay and a battery wire, and load (horn) wire and a ground(horn switch) wire. both horns hook to the load wire.
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#97139 09/15/2006 11:08 PM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 | Oh I didn't read you post correctly. Driver side is lt. passenger side is rt. Assuming the relay is mounted to the firewall.
Want to get real confused the front of VW engine if mounted properly is the flywheel end of the engine. The rear main seal is on the fron of the engine (i guess it is realy a front main seal).
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