Reply to "No lights and horn, any ideas?"

Hey Guys:

Its a 71. So horn on stick, when press nothing happens. It used to work.

Lights dropped when driving a few weeks back... and at night. Just suddenly dropped. Would pop back up when turn on/then off with switch... then got stuck up. So cranked them down manually. But now, nada. No up or down.

I have a spare new switch so will try that, first. Can you guys let me know what the correct wiring is? I ask as the car over the years has been messed with... various random cables/wires. Some seem to do nothing.

As for microswitch... I assumed that would just limit the motor power. To set up and down and turn on and off motor. How would that cause a problem?

And then relay? Those are cheap, so will replace. Are there any mods here? Or just stick with a direct replacement? Assume I can get that at a autozone?

As for horn... the turn signal works and the switch cluster seems in good condition. And I think I can hear a relay trigger when pressing the horn.. but no sound.

Then lastly... sometimes the turn signal stays on... for as long as the switch is up or down... but other times... it just stops flashing, but then the switch is on.

thoughts?

I have to admit... anything electrical is a pain in the butt... So prior to trying to fix the mystery of a 40yr old and partially messed up wiring loom... I was looking for any and ALL starting points.

Cheers JC71