Horn Doesn't Work?
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Horn Doesn't Work?
I've had my 73 Mach 1 for a little over a year. When I purchased it the person I purchased it from said I needed a new steering wheel because the rim blow didn't work. We search the internet and found a new steering wheel would cost about $700. I also researched and found a rim blow replacement that I was going to purchase for around $170.
My boyfriend was helping me with the testing of the electrical connections to see if we needed something other than the rim blow replacement. Guess what we found!! A blown fuse, which we replaced then on further testing found both horns were dead. The horns must have been sandblasted when the car was repainted because they were full of sand! Almost enough for a small sandbox!!
My boyfriend was kind enough to pull one of his horns off his Mach to test on my car. The horn worked!! So we were off to the junkyard on a treasure hunt! We found a local yard that would test the horns for us before purchase. We searched for both the horns. We found a pair off two different vehicles. But unfortunately the high horn didn't work. My boyfriend had found a low tone horn at a yard in his area. So we spend an evening cleaning and sanding the two low tone horns to prep them for painting. I painted them with some satin black paint then applied a satin clear coat to them. So now I have two nice looking horns that work!! The horns and the paint cost me $20, so I saved quite a bit of money by having someone check my electrical connections!
We'll be doing some other junyard treasure hunting to see if we can find a high horn.
My boyfriend was helping me with the testing of the electrical connections to see if we needed something other than the rim blow replacement. Guess what we found!! A blown fuse, which we replaced then on further testing found both horns were dead. The horns must have been sandblasted when the car was repainted because they were full of sand! Almost enough for a small sandbox!!
My boyfriend was kind enough to pull one of his horns off his Mach to test on my car. The horn worked!! So we were off to the junkyard on a treasure hunt! We found a local yard that would test the horns for us before purchase. We searched for both the horns. We found a pair off two different vehicles. But unfortunately the high horn didn't work. My boyfriend had found a low tone horn at a yard in his area. So we spend an evening cleaning and sanding the two low tone horns to prep them for painting. I painted them with some satin black paint then applied a satin clear coat to them. So now I have two nice looking horns that work!! The horns and the paint cost me $20, so I saved quite a bit of money by having someone check my electrical connections!
We'll be doing some other junyard treasure hunting to see if we can find a high horn.
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A real pleasure to read a post where someone trouble shot the problem before throwing money at it.
Very impressive. Looking forward to more posts.
And Welcome!!!!!!!!
Sounds like you've got a real nice car going there. I like the looks of the Mach 1 in '73. Really classy.
BTW: you may be able to slightly change the tone on one of those horns by turning the phillips screw clockwise Or counterclockwise (if you go too far CCW it will stop blowing, just turn it back in a little).
But nothing wrong with a little extra baritone!!!
Very impressive. Looking forward to more posts.
And Welcome!!!!!!!!
Sounds like you've got a real nice car going there. I like the looks of the Mach 1 in '73. Really classy.
BTW: you may be able to slightly change the tone on one of those horns by turning the phillips screw clockwise Or counterclockwise (if you go too far CCW it will stop blowing, just turn it back in a little).
But nothing wrong with a little extra baritone!!!
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