24 Albemarle
Seaman
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2008
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- 54
I recently bought this motor and it runs well, VRO is removed and were on the mix. I have original control box with a horn mounted under the dash, when igntion switch to on position all warning lights light up and then go off one at a time as well as a momentary beep. I think this is as it should be, normal. Howerver when I ground out the wires from thermostat, I am not getting horn. I have original manual but only refers to accessory manual for remotes and their functioality, which manual I don't have (70$). The wiring diagram shows tan wires (with various traces) to be alarm functions. at control end of wiring harness these tan with trace colors seem to not be there, so I assume they are going into the shift control box.? As stated the VRO system is removed and I had disconnected the plug on engine block ( to avoid horn actuation relative to VRO malfunction) I have reconnected this plug to see if I can get an alarm horn from VRO but to no avail. Again engine runs fine no heat issue, new thermostat, water pump etc. runs at a nice warm temp as per thermostat dictates. I know this is a simple wiring issue and I suppose I need to get a look at a wiring diagram for what happens at the control box end to be able to sort it out. As stated this is a new to me motor and I don't really have the benefit of history with this motor to know how it should function. I have read all sorts of posts with horns that go off but not one that won't go off, especialy when prompted by grounding out tan with blue trace (temp sender). Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.