Joseph R Schneider wrote:
>
> fellow listers-
> please help, or I may do something rash!
> my 76 Spitfire 1500 had non-operative horn when it arrived- I have spent
> more time on the horn than any other repair-
> initially, the wire had pulled away from the brass(?) ring behind the
> steering wheel, first time I fixed it fell apart, (I won't tell you about
> the black prince's demon that accompanied this wihich I exorcised
> successfully)
> I took it apart again, drilled a new hole in the soldering tab and
> resoldered, now I think I could pick up the car with it, no problem- now
> after reassembly, the relay trips just fine, loud click, get about 11 volts
> at top tab of relay (by the way, what's the fourth wire, black with green
> stripe, attached to this relay and that's not in the wiring diagram in
> Haynes?), but horns just chirp most of the time, only occasionally make
> their expected horn noise, and I keep blowing the fuse, not immediately,
> but after several prolonged touches of the horn button with the chirps as
> above- my cheap ohmeter shows very little resistance in the horns, but my
> only ohm scale is too coarse to estimate real resistance
> I am reluctant to believe both horns are bad at the same time and they both
> act this way when the other is disconnected, on the other hand, the relay
> seems OK, any ideas?
I'll bet that both horns are either bad, or if they're adjustable, they
need to be adjusted.
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George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559L
(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
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