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Mark.W
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12th Apr 09 at 19:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Could someone tell me how you wire up this boss kit so the horn & the indicator cancellation works as it should.

I'm just puzzled by it as it only has one one wire coming out the middle for the indicator bit but there is no wire on the boss to connect the horn







[Edited on 12-04-2009 by wooly101uk]
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The one wire is probably a switched earth. get your multimeter on it and see if it makes a contact between the 'chassis' of the boss and that wire. I have an omp boss on my kitcar and the horn is deciding to stick lately.


I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste W
The one wire is probably a switched earth. get your multimeter on it and see if it makes a contact between the 'chassis' of the boss and that wire. I have an omp boss on my kitcar and the horn is deciding to stick lately.


i don't have a multimeter mate
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can anyone else help?
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i remember you asking me about this , mines omp and doesnt look like yours :\ , indicator cancelation should be on the steering coloum not the boss , but the horn is a puzzle ! did you get a horn push with the boss kit ? because my horn push has 2 terminals on the back so the red wire the horn one goes onto it and a green earth goes to that silver ring as seen in your picture and has a tab on it . just thinking you have to run your normal horn wire through the boss and onto the horn push so is that wire on the boss now an earth

[Edited on 13-04-2009 by evans_corsab]
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Originally posted by evans_corsab
i remember you asking me about this , mines omp and doesnt look like yours :\ , indicator cancelation should be on the steering coloum not the boss , but the horn is a puzzle ! did you get a horn push with the boss kit ? because my horn push has 2 terminals on the back so the red wire the horn one goes onto it and a green earth goes to that silver ring as seen in your picture and has a tab on it . just thinking you have to run your normal horn wire through the boss and onto the horn push so is that wire on the boss now an earth

[Edited on 13-04-2009 by evans_corsab]


i ended up sending this boss kit back mate but iv seen ones on ebay with only 1 wire as well so im guessing they all have the one wire

but that silver ring that in the picture had no tabs on it to connect the horn

and i did not get a push button horn with the boss either but i did get one with the momo steering wheel i bought but it only has the one tab on the back unlike some that have the 2 on.

its really pissing me off this steering wheel malarkey because i sick of the huge 2 spoke bus steering wheel that's on

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just try it with the one wire bud , the worst than can happen is the horn does or doesnt work , im pretty shure it should work , if the horn push only has one tab myabe it earths on that or doesnt earth at all just try it
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the one wire should be for the horn, plugs into the horn and then the horn just earths out on the boss,, beep beep
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Originally posted by john_c20xe
the one wire should be for the horn, plugs into the horn and then the horn just earths out on the boss,, beep beep


what about the other wire for the indicators? where does that go?
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on my original steering wheel there is 2 wires 1 for the horn and one for the indicator cancellation bit.

the horn wire slides onto the horn button center of the steering wheel and the other side of the wire slots into a brass clip built into the steering wheel.

and the other wire is connected onto the back of the horn button like the horn wire and then the other side of the wire goes through the bottom of the steering wheel onto a round plastic bit that clips onto bottom underside of the steering wheel meaning that the 1 wire that comes through the boss like in the picture will be for the indicator cancellation bit.

and now here is where i cannot figure out where will the other side of the horn wire connect to after connecting one side to the horn button.like on the original steering wheel there is a brass clip it slides into but there is no where for to connect onto the boss.


sorry for the essay but im trying to explain it the best i can.
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the metal bit that sticks out of the bottom of the boss cancels the indicators when turning the steering wheel. and the wire is for the horn, but, if your car has an airbag, and the boss is a non airbag type then it wont work with the wire on the boss. i had to wire the horn to the boss with longer wire so it went round when turning, i now...bit of a bodge...but it works lol
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Originally posted by scaron5188
the metal bit that sticks out of the bottom of the boss cancels the indicators when turning the steering wheel. and the wire is for the horn, but, if your car has an airbag, and the boss is a non airbag type then it wont work with the wire on the boss. i had to wire the horn to the boss with longer wire so it went round when turning, i now...bit of a bodge...but it works lol



i don't have an airbag on mine mate so it should be fine.

so do i only need to use one of the wires for the horn as there is a red & blue one there?




do i need a boss with the little tab that's on this chrome ring like in this pic for everything to work as it should?



[Edited on 13-04-2009 by wooly101uk]
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That boss is the same as mine mate. The single wire is the live and it's earthed by the silver ring on the left on the bottom pic. The wire is attached to the brass (I think) ring on the back of the boss, when you put the boss in place there's a little spring loaded pin if you like which will hit the brass ring. You need to find the horn wiring and connect the live upto the spring loaded pin, put a bit of solder on it. When you're putting the horn button in place you have 2 connections, connect the wire to one then ideally you need another small piece of wire with female spade connectors on each end and connect the other connection to the little tab on the silver ring I mentioned earlier.

One slight problem I've had with mine tho, well I say slight, my horn's stopped working It seems like the brass ring has worn down. It stopped working in stages, first I notice it wouldn't work when the wheel was between about 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock and the it just seemed to get worse and now it won't work at all.I'm gonna try running some solder over the brass ring and hope that sorts it out. Might be an idea to try that before you fit it to make it a bit easier if it does go wrong in future
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike B
That boss is the same as mine mate. The single wire is the live and it's earthed by the silver ring on the left on the bottom pic. The wire is attached to the brass (I think) ring on the back of the boss, when you put the boss in place there's a little spring loaded pin if you like which will hit the brass ring. You need to find the horn wiring and connect the live upto the spring loaded pin, put a bit of solder on it. When you're putting the horn button in place you have 2 connections, connect the wire to one then ideally you need another small piece of wire with female spade connectors on each end and connect the other connection to the little tab on the silver ring I mentioned earlier.

One slight problem I've had with mine tho, well I say slight, my horn's stopped working It seems like the brass ring has worn down. It stopped working in stages, first I notice it wouldn't work when the wheel was between about 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock and the it just seemed to get worse and now it won't work at all.I'm gonna try running some solder over the brass ring and hope that sorts it out. Might be an idea to try that before you fit it to make it a bit easier if it does go wrong in future


what make is yours mike?

that one in the 1st pic at the top was an OMP one which i sent back because the silver metal ring did not have a small tab on it like in the picture below which is a momo boss kit which i might buy if someone confirms to me that's the boss i need. .
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Mine's the Momo
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can anyone else confirm that the picture 2 i uploaded is the boss i need (momo) ?
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