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'Low' horn not sounding
  • Roger HarmonRoger Harmon
    Posts: 201Gold Member
    My new Hornet only toots the high tone horn. The low one gets power, and has a good ground, but will not sound. Any suggestions? Has anyone fixed one like this?

    R/ Roger.
    R/ Roger.
  • Roger HarmonRoger Harmon
    Posts: 201Gold Member
    Here it is.
    New Hornet1.jpg
    960 x 720 - 274K
    R/ Roger.
  • RL ChiltonRL Chilton
    Posts: 3,458Platinum Member
    Roger-

    That's not a horn, that's a car, '54 at that.
    Russell

    http://www.52hornetvert.blogspot.com
  • Chris SmithChris Smith
    Posts: 139Expert Adviser
    Some would say you want to TOOT YOUR OWN HORN. Regardless, you can try removing the dome cover and clean the contacts inside.
  • Uncle JoshUncle Josh
    Posts: 1,860Platinum Member
    And then you'll have to adjust the screw that determines how tight the contacts are until it toots properly.

    There once was a tutor who tooted,
    And tutored two tooters to toot,
    Said the two to the tutor,
    Is it easier to toot,
    Or to tutor two tooters to toot?
  • hotrodman2010hotmailcomhotrodman2010hotmailcom
    Posts: 110Hitchhiker
    I had just last week the very same issue with the low tone horn?????? I took it all apart and fiddled with it ,cleaning, adjusting, to no avail. I just replaced it with one off of a parts car even though they are differant make horns. have too many other issues to deal with at the moment and will re-address this later as they both toot know. Very nice sound be the Hudson horn!
  • Club Coupe
    Posts: 206Gold Member
    I had the same problem a while back and here's what I did. I started with the contacts under the horn button by spraying them liberally with contact cleaner. Then I did the same thing to the hot wire going to the horn itself, after taking the wire off of the horn. Finally I sprayed the contacts inside the horn. On about the third or fourth tap on the horn ring it worked. I used the straight contact cleaner (no lubrication) from Radio Shack.
  • Roger HarmonRoger Harmon
    Posts: 201Gold Member
    I'll give messing with the contacts inside the horn a try; does the dome cover just pry/pop off?
    R/ Roger.
  • Club Coupe
    Posts: 206Gold Member
    Roger:
    Twist it a tad bit counter clockwise and it should come right off. Hope the cleaner does the job for you.
  • Roger HarmonRoger Harmon
    Posts: 201Gold Member
    It did! I backed off the adjustment and emery'd the contact point, the had a helping hand toot while I adjusted the sound. Perfect!

    Thanks to all! R/ Roger.
    R/ Roger.
  • hoggyrubberhoggyrubber
    Posts: 478Gold Member
    glad to read this, none of mine work- so i'm going to give this a try.
  • hoggyrubberhoggyrubber
    Posts: 478Gold Member
    i'm glad you guys brought this up. i took mine apart today and cleaned the points and adjusted it and it works! thanks again.
  • Roger HarmonRoger Harmon
    Posts: 201Gold Member
    Yeay!
    R/ Roger.
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