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After my interior was restored on my 56 Exec, my horn stopped working correctly and I had to disconnect the wire from the horn relay (the horn always blew). I have received new parts to repair the horn in the steering column. I don't remember how the chrome horn ring comes off. Any diagrams and/or procedures would be greatly appreciated.

page 35 of the steering and suspension section of the service manual describes how to take off the steering wheel. maybe that is what you need?

i'm assuming you are talking about the chrome push bar for the horn....in which case i'm no help. I never took mine off personally.

but one thought...does the wheel have to be removed to take off the chrome bar? maybe the retaining screws or bolts are on the other side, unreachable unless you take the wheel off?

otherwise i'm out of ideas. my wheel is locked up in a pitch black shed right now, so i'm no help till tomorrow if no one else can figure it out.

I had read the service manual @ steering wheel removal but it jumps from horn button removal straight to removing the nut for the steering wheel (skipping the horn ring removal).

The center piece (emblem) is just held in place with a rubber "O" ring. Just carefully pop it out to access the removal of the horn ring.

I think the center of the steering wheel comes off first. It is held onto the horn ring with an O-ring. Then the horn ring is unfastened from the steering wheel. As I recall, it is fastened to the steering wheel with some small machine screws or self tapping screws. Its been some time since I had my center off, but this is what I remember. Anyway, it should be obvious once you get the center off.

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the steering wheel needs to come off,

under side is three phillps screws

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Many thanks, as always a picture helps me even more

bhappy,

that has been under my bed for 25 plus years so it was handy

org. wheel from my 56 400,, have a black wheel from an exec. on the car. but its cracked now.

your welcome,,

Remove the emblem on the horn ring by gently prying it up.
It is held in place by a rubber ring. Once this is out, you will see a large nut underneath it, remove the nut and then use a wheel puller to remove the horn ring assembly.

You screw three long bolts of the puller into holes in the base of the wheel. When you see it, it is obvious. With the wheel assembly removed. It is now easy to remove the ring itself. Be careful when removing the ring because there is a spring in it that could go boing

Thanks to all of you for your tireless support, my horn WORKS just as it should. I also found the power drain that was causing me so much worry. You see, when I disconnected the horn from the relay, I disconnected the horn, not the power to the relay, thus a continual drain on the battery.

Lessons learned:

1. Be aware that a problem, when it occurs, is probably a simple explanation and can be solved with careful thought, research, planning and having people like you to help.

2. Pay attention to signs of potential problems, i.e. what is that noise? why does the car vibrate under acceleration?

3. A 'quick fix' doesn't usually 'fix' anything. It just postpones the necessary work and can cause other problems that usually end up at a much higher cost, had you just repaired the original problem correctly in the first place.

4. Quit blaming others for the problems that were most likely caused by myself.