Repairing the randomly honking horn on my Firebird was too hard

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My thirdgen F-Body would honk the horn whenever I used the indicator. So, I diagnose and solve the problem in this video. It was caused by the back of the housing, where the horn contact spring sits in the indicator switch. With age it started to bend backwards, therefore making contact with the back of the steering column and shorting to ground, which causes the horn to honk. Bending that part back and covering it with some electrician's tape solved the issue (hopefully for good). While in there I also lubricated the indicator switch to make it's action more smooth and less notchy. Finally, I put on my re-trimmed steering wheel. I didn't have a steering lock plate puller that fits onto the threads of my steering column, so I removed the lock plate with brute force. That was a very bad idea since putting the lock plate back on proved to be an immense struggle without a working lock plate compressor: It took me 5 hours to put the lock plate back on. At least it's done now and my 1989 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is all back together and working. ***************************************************************** Follow me on instagram @swisscarguymario for more content https://www.instagram.com/swisscarguymario/ **************************************************************** Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:29 Disassembly 07:15 Looking for the fault 08:08 Reassembly 09:27 The final result