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Re: TR 6 Horn

To: Neil Beasley <74741.2020@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Re: TR 6 Horn
From: peb3@cornell.edu (Philip E. Barnes)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 11:57:38 +0100
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Hello all,
>
>I'm trying to get the 76 TR 6 ready to pass the Texas Vehicle Inspection test
>and the horn has to work to do this(and for other good reasons). Now it just
>beeps  when I ground it using a screwdriver to the metal streering column --no
>continuous blow. It did blow several times when I first started grounding
>it and
>then stopped. I cleaned the contact points on the connector brush  and on the
>relay. The voltage between the sliding contact point on the connector brush and
>ground is right at 12v. Changing the rotation position of the steering wheel
>doesn't help. It still just beeps when ground contact is made and then no
>further noise.
>
>Anybody have any idea where I should look next?
>
>Thanks
>
>Neil
>Longview, Tx
>76 TR 6

I always take the direct approach to these problems and hot-wire the device
to the battery. That will tell you where in the system the problem lies.

Philip E. Barnes       '71 TR6  CC61193L
Cornell University
Newman Laboratory of Nuclear Studies
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-4951
peb3@cornell.edu



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