alright here it goes...

background info...car is a 1994 civic dx manual. while installing an alarm, i took the entire dash and steering wheel off. after i put everything back together, i later realized the clockspring wasnt right. i was actually parking at the mall and heard the clockspring stretch and break...so i knew why my SRS light was on and the horn wasnt working.

i bought a new clockspring off ebay. now my only quam with this one is that it was listed as it came off a car with cruise control and i do not have cruise control as my car is a dx model. are all the clocksprings the same? or vehicle specific for with/without cruise control?

what i have done...
-i have tested the horn with direct power and it does work.

-i have checked fuses and all appear fine.

-i have tested for continuity between point A and B on the relay.

now, i tried checking for continuity between the plug that connects to the relay and the single wire plug that connects to the horn within the steering wheel and i was NOT able to achieve continuity. i believe this was an accurate test because now my suspected problematic clockspring could be the point where contact was lost.

so my questions...
-are clocksprings specific to vehicles with and without cruise control? i suspect no because my original clockspring has an unused plug, which im assuming is for cruise control.

-anything else i can test for?

thanks in advance for any input or discussion anyone can provide.

 

found my solution and figured i would post it for reference. my car is not equipped with cruise control, thus i needed a clockspring for a car without cruise control. everything is copacetic now.