I just bought a 1995 Honda Civic Del Sol with a 4 speed automatic transmission. Pretty cool car, it has 118K miles on it and I want to keep this one. I have one problem that needs fixing pretty quickly, everything electrical on the steering wheel itself is quite dead. No horn, SRS light on dash never goes on, ever, cruise control master switch on dash goes on and lights, no cruise control because the accel/deccel buttons to start it are on the steering wheel. Fuses all check good, the horn never gets power. All mechanics tell me that I need a new clock spring. I found really great instructions on how to change this part safely and want to do it, but money is in very short supply. I found what I thought was an ideal replacement on eBay, right here:
94 95 HONDA CIVIC SRS CLOCK SPRING

I write the fellow and he says:

"I don't think that this will work for your automatic Del Sol. It would work for the Si model w/ 5 speed trans. You can call your local Honda dealer to check with them. This one is from a 95 Civic 4 door LX with a 5 speed trans."

Of all the rotten luck, this was bidding at $19.95! Please help me, Almighty Honda Gurus, do tell me how to know what year/model/ or whatever else is relevant with regards to a clock spring or cable reel for my Civic Del Sol. Must it be the same year, model, and transmission type to work? I would think that they would not make so many different clock spring parts as they all pretty much do the same thing other than the number of electrical connections that need to be made; i.e.: horn, cruise control, & air bag. I need this part bad, I need it cheap, and I need it soon. How do I know what cars it can be taken from to work in my '95 Civic Del Sol with 4 speed automatic transmission on the center console?

Oh God, somebody please help with this! Thank you.
Ohmster

 

Can't help with the interchange, but if you find out that it will fit, I have one off my 92 4 dr LX 5 speed. I just took it off 5 minutes ago.

If you remove the airbag (using the safety precautions), there are some plugs for the horn buttons that you can check/cleanup. Also check all of the connections going to the wheel. I can imagine these things go bad, but you never know.

Maybe check on hondaautomotiveparts.com and see if the numbers are the same for the Del Sol/Civic or Del Sol auto vs manual???

 

In the unlikely event that I can help I'd need to first know wtf you're talking about.
What I'm referring to is the "clock spring"
Call me retarded but are you referring to the spring that keeps the cover to the clock buttons closed?
If so, what does that have to do with buttons on the steering wheel?

I must not know what you're referring to... I'll try and search for some answers...

 

The Ebay link shows the part. It's the cable reel under the steering wheel for the SRS. The horn, steering controls for cruise etc electrical plugs are in this area.

Are all the fuses good?