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Re: [T3] Horn


At 22:24 +0100 30/04/01, Dave Hall wrote:
>The extra
>kick may clean it up enough to work, and if not will confirm it's faulty.

Seems to be making a difference. I pulled it off the car and chipped 
the shellac off the screw. It eventually worked directly off the 
battery but still not very loud. By this time it was 2100 hrs and it 
didn't seem wise to keep blowing the horn. I'll play with it more 
tomorrow.

>In my experience it's more usually a fault in the circuit - corroded fuse,
>poor earth return path (link across the rubber steering coupling, which must
>join the column and the steering box) or bad contact between leaf spring and
>back of the steering wheel.

Did that, got medieval with some wire wool. One side of the horn ring 
works, one doesn't!

It's about 10-11 volts at the horn. The wire always being hot 
confused me for a while. Seems that it's the earth which is switched 
on... if you know what I mean.

aedan
-- 
1989 Volvo 240 GL
1971 VW 1600E Fastback

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