I don't think your battery is well charged. I just went through this and
posted what I think are some odd things like this. It's hard to believe
the horn draws more current than the starter, but apparently it does. My
solution was a good 5 hours on the charger.
Good Luck,
Tom, '60 MGA 1600
On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Don Mathis wrote:
> I noticed that the horn in my MGA seems to work well while the motor is
> running. If the motor is not running but the ignition is turned on, the
> horn relay seems to click but the horn does not sound. The needle on the
> gas gauge jumps but no horn. Why is that? (The battery seems to be well
> charged)
>
> Thanks-
>
>
>
> Don Mathis,Ph.D.
> donmathis@lucent.com
> '61 MGA
> '37 Derby Bentley (B190KT)
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