[Tigers] Horn wiring

[Mark Rense]

Guess I'll make sure I stay on this side of the equator!

On Friday, April 17, 2015, Wayne Pierzga via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Mark:
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> Also, if you look closely using “smoke-test” you will notice the southern
> hemisphere horn output rotates counter-clockwise vs clockwise for northern
> hemisphere. Of course northern/southern hemisphere clocks work the same way
> but most folks don’t notice since they are respectively upside down so
> things seem to turn in the “right” direction.
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> Regarding the battery terminal advice below. It is quite important. If you
> do in fact reverse the polarity the horn will suck instead of blow (as will
> the heater fan) and the tail lights will glow “white” while headlights will
> glow “red”.
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> Also, don’t forget that cars manufactured in southern hemisphere use
> left-hand thread hardware….. so don’t try to mix/match parts or the car
> will be cross-eyed and you will end up with 4-speeds in reverse.
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> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
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> *From:* Tod Brown [mailto:todbrown at roadrunner.com
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:08 PM
> *To:* tigers at autox.team.net
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> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Horn wiring
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> Mark:
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> Of course, it should always be remembered to switch terminals on the horns
> whenever
> the car is moved from the northern hemisphere to the southern, or vice
> versa. A careful
> inspection of a South African Tiger will show that the horn connections
> are opposite to
> those used on the home market cars.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tod
> B382002384LRXFE
>
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