Horn died

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 12/05/2015 at 20:43 • Filed to: None

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About 9 months after I drove through a flooded section of the freeway, my horn has croaked. It sounded a little weak for a spell, something I attributed to the water ingestion. It returned to normal a few months later, or close to normal, and so I didn’t worry about it. It even worked this afternoon, but then stopped.

I accustomed to hitting the lock button on the key and getting a little chirp, but this evening that stopped happening. I checked under the hood and can hear the relay clicking at the appropriate time, so most of the circuit still works. I guess I have to dig around and find out if anything became disconnected.

Now how am I supposed to signal to all of those idiots that they’re driving like complete morons?

CB > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/05/2015 at 20:46

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PIT manoeuvre them like a reasonable adult.

bob and john > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/05/2015 at 20:46

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flash highbeams

Urambo Tauro > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/05/2015 at 20:52

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Train horn upgrade.

TheHondaBro > Urambo Tauro 12/05/2015 at 20:57

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Or better yet, change it to one of your favorite musical tunes. Sandstorm ought to get them out of the way.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/05/2015 at 21:11

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dukes of hazzard horn.

Steve in Manhattan > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/05/2015 at 22:09

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Time for a trip to the junkyard!

6Cylinder > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/06/2015 at 01:29

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A small amount of water will disable a horn. Try taking it out of the vehicle and blowing it out with air. I know most horns are just a diaphragm that vibrates against some metal or whatever.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Urambo Tauro 12/08/2015 at 02:37

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Years ago, back in the early ‘80s, we did that to a friend’s Dodge Colt (or was it a Plymouth Champ - same thing). It took a little while to figure out the wiring since horn wiring is/was done a little differently than other circuits on a car (something about the switch being on the negative side of the circuit from what I remember from my technician training). It was a hilarious upgrade and scared the hell out of a lot of people.

When I saw that Top Gear episode where Jezza buys a Mercedes 600 Grosser, all I could think when he sounded the horn was “ been there, done that... ”

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > 6Cylinder 12/08/2015 at 02:39

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It was 9 months ago, so chances are that any trapped water has either evaporated or rusted the guts solid. Perhaps I can soak it in WD40 and see if that does anything.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Steve in Manhattan 12/08/2015 at 02:40

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Thanks for the reminder - I’ll have to post my latest series of junkyard photos soon. Stay tuned!