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Originally Posted by ulrichd View Post
Well I am going to call it a day. I tried the paperclip thing from 30 to 86 on the relay pushed onto the socket, honked the horn, and got a nice wiff of fried plastic. I obviously have no clue what I am doing, in spite of everyone's best efforts.

I'll try to get the right relay and 3 wire socket next week and post the results. It was nice to hear my horn work for the first time earlier today - even if it was continuous.

Ulrich
Ulrich,

The little black round Bosch relay is the correct relay.

The wiff of plastic is from the heat from the paper clip (horn current makes heat) unless there is significant damage to the socket, it will be ok.

As already suggested, be sure there are no internal jumpers in the wires from the socket you have. Place one lead of your continuity tester in one of the socket holes, and touch each wire end in turn. Only one wire for each socket hole should show continuity.
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