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Post by MULLEY »

Sorry guys/gals, nothing pervy, bloody horn decided to suddenly stop working yesterday as some txxt cut me up on a roundabout, i was looking forward to letting my prescence be known, but he didnt hear me coming & certainly didn't see me as his axxehole 4x4 nearly shoved me & wifey off the road :x

Any ideas what it may be? It's nothing as simple as a fuse is it?
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Post by Oscar »

They collect a lot of crap down there under the bumper. Could be a corroded connection or something. Have you had a look yet? I remember mine pretty well came off in my hand after a sharp tug.

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Post by MULLEY »

Not going to have much of a chance, on on holiday tomorrow, so will have a look when i get back. Was hoping for a few ideas of what it might be, so that i'm prepared. I fancy a proper double french horn anyway, so i may well get one of those to replace this crappy one which i've never liked....
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Post by richardd1652 »

Get some CX air horns wired up.They will let people know how you feel!
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Post by docchevron »

give the horn a tap, then try again. Still nowt?
Time to get the multimeter out!
Is there +12V on the live wire when the button is pressed?
If not, most likely the feed wire to the stalk, I've had a few fail there recently, which I bypassed and took a feed off the headlamp wire (since it was the fattest live wire in easy reach)..
Earths can be a problem aswell, I've added an earth wire to both of my cars.
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Post by mat_fenwick »

Or
Image :?:

I was slightly worried putting in 'rubber horn' into a Google image search...
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Post by Way2go »

richardd1652 wrote:Get some CX air horns wired up.They will let people know how you feel!
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I was slightly worried putting in 'rubber horn' into a Google image search...
Wanting to find out which birds were visiting my garden so I could buy appropriate winter food for them I put 'British tits' into Google...

Didn't get the information I wanted but it was an interesting couple of days :lol:
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Post by Mike E (uk) »

My BX failed an MOT because the horn did not sound.

It started working shortly afterwards, and has been OK since.

Perhaps it was lack of use, and the switch contacts were dirty.

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Post by MULLEY »

Nope, used just about everyday to ensure idiots don't come into my lane or encroach on my space. I had a quick look today, i presume i've got to remove the plastic cowling underneat the bumper to get access to the horn, i think i could see it through the large hole behind the headlight area?
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2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
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1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

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Post by docchevron »

yep, it lives under the inner wing, the easiest way is peel the wheel arch liner back fromt he bumper.
Or, fit a P" valver bumper since the tow eye cover also gives just enough space to get to the horn!
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1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
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1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
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Post by MULLEY »

If i do need a replacemnt horn, what about the one below?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nautilus-Loud-Car ... 5195a79fcb
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1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
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Post by Mike E (uk) »

IIRC I donated a pair of air horns + a compressor to Phil for the BXagon fund. If he still has those they would do the job.

I have a couple of spare standard BX horns if you need them.

A good clean may be all they need. Check you get volts on the horns 1st.

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Post by electrokid »

Long time past the same thing happened to me - someone cut me up and the horn not working simply added to my annoyance. After a bit of fiddling under the bonnet I decided it was time to buy a new one.

Now the horn on the Metro was a weedy little 'beep' - the sort of horn that says 'look, I drive a small insignificant little car so please cut me up again if you'd like to - oh and by the way my manhood is incredibly tiny as well'. So I went and bought a triple air horn with separate compressor :-)

This was going to be very loud - so when fitting it I made sure that the horns were pointing through the radiator grille - I didn't want all that noise in the car.

A couple of weeks later driving through Woking - it was a warm sunny day and I had the windows open - the road had 3 lanes between tall buildings either side - then someone cut me up and I hit the horn...

The sound reflected from the buildings and I nearly jumped out of my skin - scared the living $%^ out of me :lol:
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