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Re: Horns and things

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Subject: Re: Horns and things
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 06:29:35 +0100
In article <000801c10d72$0ea67f70$4c01b018@c842110a>, Ken St.John at
Twangdemonium <stjohnkj@twangdemonium.com> writes
>Mike,
>
>    I'm not sure which horn goes on which side in the UK.  My low horn is on
>the left.  Better yet, the horns have the letters "L" and "H" on them in
>raised letters - I believe it in the mouth of the horn.

So they do - under all the road grime!   Thanks for the tip.   On my
car, the High note is on the left (passenger side, nearside).
>
>There are several things that you can try to fix the horn.  There is an
>adjuster screw on top of the horn.

I'll have a fiddle with this and see if it helps.

>  You can also try cleaning the contacts

Tried that. :-(

>or spray electronics cleaner in the mouth of the horn.

Ooh, I hadn't thought of that one.   I'll let you know if it helps.

>  I did all of this
>and none of it worked!  I ended up buying a pair from a wrecked car.  Now I
>have an extra high horn - too bad I'm not in the UK.
>
>Good Luck,

Thanks.

ATB
-- 
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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