> Hello all MGers,
>
> Well, I drove into the car park (parking lot) in my '73 BGT at work this
> morning and there was a guy who looked like he was going to pull into my
> favorite space - so I started thinking the sort of thoughts that you tend to
> think in this sort of situation....anyway, my B must have picked up my vibes
> (faaaar out !) because it started sounding......pip,,,pip...peep..PEEEEEEEP !
> How embarrassing, it just kept on and on and on. It stopped eventually when I
> opened the bonnet (hood) and disconnected them. Does anyone have any ideas as
> to why this happened - could it be a short in the wiring loom, the switch ?
>Any
> advice would be appreciated. Oh, BTW the guy didn't hit me - I just had a
>VERY
> red face !
>
> Regards,
>
> Garry Hill
>
I had the same problem soon after I bought my '73 MGB. As with all
things like this, it was dark and raining, in heavy traffic....!
After disconnecting the horns to get home, the next morning I found
that it was simply the horn switch in the middle of the steering
wheel that had got bent over the years. I readjusted it and it has
been fine since. Having looked at the mass of wiring around the front
of my car, I suspect the loom must have been built to allow a number
of different wiring configurations for the lights, horns, etc -
plenty of space for things to go wrong!
Good luck,
Ian
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