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Re: horn

To: Joseph R Schneider <joe-schneider@nwu.edu>
Subject: Re: horn
From: schuyler grace <schuyler@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 21:44:37 -0700
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <199709040036.TAA23969@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
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- ... 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...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'd say one of your horns is shorted.  Try unhooking one at a time and
"toot" the horn.  When one works, the other is bad.
--
Schuyler E. Grace
'73 Spitfire-FM1183U
schuyler@bellsouth.net
schuyler.grace@atl.frb.org
http://members.tripod.com/~schuyler/
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