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 grogy
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| posted on March 24th, 2016 at 12:09 PM |
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Fix horns
Hi.i got kghia 1962. If horns r wired right but don't work can they be fixed. Thanks greg
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| posted on March 24th, 2016 at 02:32 PM |
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have you wired them directly to a 12volt source. that would rule out the horn itself
sometimes its the little relay that is not working
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| posted on March 25th, 2016 at 04:38 AM |
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Generally the horn is connected to a 12 volt supply and the earth is connected through the steering column via the contacts behind the steering wheel.
The contacts could be a little dirty or worn in a 54 year old car😃.
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| posted on March 25th, 2016 at 08:41 AM |
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Any thing can be fixed
Test the horns first direct to a battery
most prob will be an earth problem in the steering coloum
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| posted on March 25th, 2016 at 08:46 AM |
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Wired correctly. All contacts clean. Tested with another horn.
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| posted on March 25th, 2016 at 08:53 AM |
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if it is a bolted together rather than riveted you can open it up and clean the internal contact.
this contact is what is moved when you turn the adjusting screw.
a good clean with some wet and dry works wonders as this contact becomes pitted from opening and closing.
I can post some pics if you want
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grogy
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| posted on March 26th, 2016 at 01:34 PM |
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Thanks pv370. I give it a try
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| posted on March 28th, 2016 at 02:57 PM |
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I was having issues with my dual horns (non factory), all connected correctly, relays etc. couldn't get one of them to work. pulled my hair out, when
I was about to give up and redo the whole lot, I thought I'll just give the adjusting screw a tweak and what do you know.....all fixed.
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| posted on March 29th, 2016 at 10:47 AM |
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Hey grogy, how did you go with the horn fix ???????
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