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'92 horn contacts on steering wheel 200 1992

I have a pair of stock hi/lo round Volvo horns on my '92 sedan. If I depress the horn pad in the center, upper left/right and lower left the horns sound wimpy. But if I depress in the lower right, the horns sound nice and loud. Does this sound like a horn pad contact issue? Any suggestion on repairing it?
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    '92 horn contacts on steering wheel 200 1992

    Hi X-ray,

    I've fiddled with the horn contacts before on my 93. Not too difficult. Below is a post in part from a previous post of mine and the FAQS that should help:

    Today the horn decided not to work. Actually the horn works, cause I probed the ground contact on the horn with a jumper to ground and with the ignition on the horn works nicely.

    Last time I was at a junkyard, I should have taken apart a steering assembly and air bag, horn pad, in which case I wouldn't have to post this question. L&L.

    I'm assuming that the horn switch, however it's constructed needs cleaning. I'm hesitant to tackle anything around the steering column and air bag, but with help, I suppose it's not a difficult job. I've pasted below something I grabbed off the archives related to a 94 960 just to give you good people some food for thought. Thanks in advance for some instructions to keep me out of trouble.

    "Disconnect the negative battery cable. Get a T-30 or 40 socket (I beleive these sizes are correct) and remove the two bolts at the back of your steering wheel.[Where are these bolts?] You'll have to turn the wheels left and right to get at them. Remove the air bag/horn button.[How?] Remove the strap/plug from the air bag/horn button. Now take the four bolts out of the vertical metal contacts for the horn. One will have a black wire attached which will fit to the other contact when you switch them. While having these contacts removed, clean the little rivet parts of the contact with a small file, emery cloth, etc. Switch the metal vertical bar contacts. IMPORTANT NOTE: When reattaching the air bag/horn button, tighten the right side bolt first. There should be a placard reminding you of this as your working. Reattach the negative battery cable. Very simple operation. I repeated this on my 240 and both horns are very sensitive. This takes about ten minutes at the most".

    gluck








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      '92 horn contacts on steering wheel 200 1992

      I always heard waiting 10 minutes after unplugging the battery before messing with anything near the airbag on some cars- is this also the case with the 240?







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