Hi Karl,
I had funny things with my horns too.
While the horns were not operated for years, I tried them after lots of work
on the electrics. I lend the battery from my wifes Galant, so I was sure to
have enough power.
First a low ping came from both horns.
Later they did better still and now they operate well. I just kept pushing
the horn button.
In your case I think the operating rod from the central horn button was a
bit stuck and by this remaining the contact.
Solution:
Clean all - maybe apply some carbon graphite powder to lubricate and most of
all: operate the horns regularly - this to keep Prince Lucas awake!
Cheers,
Hans
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Shultz [SMTP:karl.shultz@ibm.net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 16:44
> To: mgs
> Subject: A funny rain story
>
> Last night I had my all-time, inexplicable "Lucas freakshow," and
> thought you guys would appreciate this.
>
> I'd been out in my '73 B pretty much all day, as the weather was an
> uncharacteristically nice 70 degrees here in North Carolina yesterday.
> The car has the original horns, and the high-note horn did not
> work...this will become important later.
>
> Finally at about 8PM, it started to rain...then it started to really
> pour. So I pulled into the next gas station and put the top back up,
> without getting *too* wet. So I'm driving the last ten or so miles
> home, and...the horn starts blowing! Both of them! I pulled the horn
> button off the steering wheel...no luck. It just kept on, basically
> until I got about a mile from my apartment, and it stopped. And this
> morning, I went outside to check and see if the horn worked at all...and
> both of them work now. No loose connections...nothing.
>
> I've had cars in the past that would develop strange noises, and then
> the noise would just disappear, never to be heard again. But I've never
> had a Lucas problem "fix itself" until last night.
>
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