[TR] TR6 embarrassing horns

[Joe Laurito]

Bud;

I had that problem with my TR6 too. I turned into the parking lot of a
car-hop burger joint and the horn started blowing. When I straightened out
it stopped. Problem was that the parking lot was full of motorcycles at the
time. I turned to go into the aisle it started blowing again and everybody
started looking at me. I told my wife to smile and start waving at people
and, to my amazement, they all started waving back. I turned around the back
of the building and got out of there as fast as I could, horn still blowing.
Talk about feeling like a real doofus.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bud Rolofson
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:35 AM
To: ggelhar at earthlink.net
Cc: Triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 embarrassing horns

Greg,

My TR6 developed that problem at a most inconvenient time...while  
running the autocross at VTR in Richmond.  Looked pretty stupid  
driving the course and having people think you're honking the horn so  
my next run I used my turn signals on the turns just to make them  
wonder what kind of idiot I really was....just kidding.  Turned out  
the wire soldered to the brass contact plate that the horn button hits  
when you push the horn had come loose but would make contact with the  
steering rod whenever I turned and it would ground the horn.  Took the  
green wire fuse out until I could solder it back in place.  If memory  
serves you have to do the soldering in the car so you're need one of  
those little butane gas powered soldering tools to make that easier.   
Weller makes the one I use and it develops a nice hot tip that will  
actually melt the solder and its a good size (fits in one hand) for  
wiring.


Bud Rolofson

71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost parts)
66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
71F-250 Camper Special (Triumph Support Vehicle)
Z-50A Hardly Davidson 1977 Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)
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