Does the horn have to be a certain loudness or is it enough that it makes a 
sound?

Reason: my Volvo's got two honkers but it sounds like there's a duck sitting 
on the bumper when I push the button.

Alternatively, can they be repaired? They have a rusty old Philips screw in 
the front - is it worth a fiddle or am I going to the breakers before the 
MOT on Monday?

Si

"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message 
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> Does the horn have to be a certain loudness or is it enough that it makes 
> a sound?
>
> Reason: my Volvo's got two honkers but it sounds like there's a duck 
> sitting on the bumper when I push the button.
>
> Alternatively, can they be repaired? They have a rusty old Philips screw 
> in the front - is it worth a fiddle or am I going to the breakers before 
> the MOT on Monday?
>
> Si
>


Some of them can be 'tuned' by adjusting a screw.

Rob Graham

"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message 
news:lNKdnS3Xd8CkerbeRVnyrg@pipex.net...

> Does the horn have to be a certain loudness or is it enough that it makes 
> a sound?
>
> Reason: my Volvo's got two honkers but it sounds like there's a duck 
> sitting on the bumper when I push the button.
>
> Alternatively, can they be repaired? They have a rusty old Philips screw 
> in the front - is it worth a fiddle or am I going to the breakers before 
> the MOT on Monday?
>
> Si


unless it is very quiet then it will pass, often a dead horn can be revived, 
get  an assistant to press the horn button and thump the dead horn sharply 
with something metal, if it makes a squeak keep hitting it till it sounds 
continually, then if necessary adjust the points with the screw.

mrcheerful

Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot  wrote:


> Does the horn have to be a certain loudness or is it enough that it makes a
> sound?
> 
> Reason: my Volvo's got two honkers but it sounds like there's a duck sitting
> on the bumper when I push the button.
> 
> Alternatively, can they be repaired? They have a rusty old Philips screw in
> the front - is it worth a fiddle or am I going to the breakers before the
> MOT on Monday?


It's one of those tricky parts that's 'in the opinion of the tester' -
my 155 got a fail for 'horn too quiet' at one testing station, but it
was retested elsewhere, and passed.


-- 
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 - Alfa 75 TSpark
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SteveH wrote:


> It's one of those tricky parts that's 'in the opinion of the tester' -
> my 155 got a fail for 'horn too quiet' at one testing station, but it
> was retested elsewhere, and passed.


Thanks chaps.

I'll give it a good thump/tweak with an appropriate tool later and see what 
happens.

Si

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from "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"  contains these words:



> I'll give it a good thump/tweak with an appropriate tool later and see what 
> happens.


If you tweak it, remember to lock the screw again afterwards, either
with the locknut or a dab of sealant. They happily twiddle themselves if
left unlocked.

-- 
Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

my Volvo did that - i disconnected one and the other sounded louder and a 
solid/long blast. Maybe i was lucky in disconnecting the duff one first 
time, 440 g reg Volvo

"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message 
news:lNKdnS3Xd8CkerbeRVnyrg@pipex.net...

> Does the horn have to be a certain loudness or is it enough that it makes 
> a sound?
>
> Reason: my Volvo's got two honkers but it sounds like there's a duck 
> sitting on the bumper when I push the button.
>
> Alternatively, can they be repaired? They have a rusty old Philips screw 
> in the front - is it worth a fiddle or am I going to the breakers before 
> the MOT on Monday?
>
> Si
> 

As it happens I took my ancient 740 for MOT yesterday ( passed, yipee ), now
I seldom use my horn so was surprised by the puny little squawk, however the
tester made no comment about it.


"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message
news:lNKdnS3Xd8CkerbeRVnyrg@pipex.net...

> Does the horn have to be a certain loudness or is it enough that it makes
a
> sound?
>
> Reason: my Volvo's got two honkers but it sounds like there's a duck
sitting
> on the bumper when I push the button.
>
> Alternatively, can they be repaired? They have a rusty old Philips screw
in
> the front - is it worth a fiddle or am I going to the breakers before the
> MOT on Monday?
>
> Si
>
>

Steptoe wrote:

> As it happens I took my ancient 740 for MOT yesterday ( passed, yipee
> ), now I seldom use my horn so was surprised by the puny little
> squawk, however the tester made no comment about it.
>


That's interesting. Perhaps it's a common problem like the dodgy fuel 
gauges, sagging headlinings etc.?

Si

"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message 
news:j-udnVquPYu0zbHeRVnyvA@pipex.net...

> Steptoe wrote:
>> As it happens I took my ancient 740 for MOT yesterday ( passed, yipee
>> ), now I seldom use my horn so was surprised by the puny little
>> squawk, however the tester made no comment about it.
>>
>
> That's interesting. Perhaps it's a common problem like the dodgy fuel 
> gauges, sagging headlinings etc.?
>
> Si
>


Yep - all my 740s had this. The horns are low down right in the line of fire 
from spray etc. Never bothered my MOT guy though.

The message 
from "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"  contains these words:


> That's interesting. Perhaps it's a common problem like the dodgy fuel 
> gauges, sagging headlinings etc.?


That sounds more like a Maestro!

-- 
Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

Guy King wrote:

> The message 
> from "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"  contains these
> words:
>
>> That's interesting. Perhaps it's a common problem like the dodgy fuel
>> gauges, sagging headlinings etc.?
>
> That sounds more like a Maestro!


Heh.

I fixed my headlining with some spare self-tapping screws and black plastic 
washers left over from building one of the two sheds. Worked a treat and 
gives the rear of the headlining an interesting medieval look.

Si

>
> I fixed my headlining with some spare self-tapping screws and black
plastic
> washers left over from building one of the two sheds. Worked a treat and
> gives the rear of the headlining an interesting medieval look.
>

And leaves the roof looking like a hedgehog?

The message 
from "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"  contains these words:


> I fixed my headlining with some spare self-tapping screws and black plastic 
> washers left over from building one of the two sheds. Worked a treat and 
> gives the rear of the headlining an interesting medieval look.


Flaming torches in brackets instead of courtesy lights?

-- 
Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

"Guy King"  wrote in message
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> The message 
> from "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"  contains these
words:
>
> > I fixed my headlining with some spare self-tapping screws and black
plastic
> > washers left over from building one of the two sheds. Worked a treat and
> > gives the rear of the headlining an interesting medieval look.
>
> Flaming torches in brackets instead of courtesy lights?
>


Wattle and daub body panels?

Steve

SimonJ wrote:

>> I fixed my headlining with some spare self-tapping screws and black
>> plastic washers left over from building one of the two sheds. Worked
>> a treat and gives the rear of the headlining an interesting medieval
>> look.
>>
> And leaves the roof looking like a hedgehog?


Aha! I eschewed the inch an' arf eights for little tiny screws wot only go 
into the fibreboard stuff. I'm not silly, you know :)

Si

Guy King wrote:

> The message 
> from "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"  contains these
> words:
>
>> I fixed my headlining with some spare self-tapping screws and black
>> plastic washers left over from building one of the two sheds. Worked
>> a treat and gives the rear of the headlining an interesting medieval
>> look.
>
> Flaming torches in brackets instead of courtesy lights?


oooooOOOOOooooo! I *likes* the sound of that. Is a portcullis a viable swap 
for the radiator grille, would you say?

Si

The message <dghocc$7g8$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>
from "shazzbat"  contains these words:


> Wattle and daub body panels?


So - it's /you/ I sold my Fiat 127 to back in 1981!

-- 
Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

The message 
from "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"  contains these words:


> > Flaming torches in brackets instead of courtesy lights?

> oooooOOOOOooooo! I *likes* the sound of that. Is a portcullis a viable swap 
> for the radiator grille, would you say?


A lightning conductor on a pole and cries of "More power, IGOR!" as you
line up to overtake...

-- 
Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "SimonJ"  saying
something like:


>
>>
>> I fixed my headlining with some spare self-tapping screws and black
>plastic
>> washers left over from building one of the two sheds. Worked a treat and
>> gives the rear of the headlining an interesting medieval look.
>>
>And leaves the roof looking like a hedgehog?
>

Won't be any roof-sitters, though.
-- 

Dave
SE6a

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "shazzbat"
 saying something like:


>> > I fixed my headlining with some spare self-tapping screws and black
>plastic
>> > washers left over from building one of the two sheds. Worked a treat and
>> > gives the rear of the headlining an interesting medieval look.
>>
>> Flaming torches in brackets instead of courtesy lights?
>>
>
>Wattle and daub body panels?


I had an A40 like that. 'Flying sheet of Cataloy' it was dubbed.
-- 

Dave
SE6a