Horn think-think...

[Fingolfin]

I did touch the horn wires to the battery terminals. I'll try again with the adjustment, but I tried it once and couldn't move either the small nut under the contact nor the large nut under the coil.

[bmcecosse]

That current draw is to be expected.......so just use one horn...! How loud does it need to be ? Relay for horn is way OTT....

[autolycus]

Mike is right: test each horn separately, off the car, by connecting one terminal to a good 12v battery positive, and the other terminal to the battery negative. This will prove whether the horn is working - which I recall it was at one point, albeit drawing too much current. If they don't, and cleaning the contacts under the dome doesn't help, and the adjusters won't move, then you're stuffed.

At that point, I think I'd buy the cheapest horn you can find that works, and hide it somewhere so that no-one will notice. Then put your windtones on ebay as "untested", like everyone else does.

One modern horn - relay not needed: two old Windtones, each perhaps pulling more current than they were designed for - I still think a relay is good practice.

One more thought: were the windtones on the car when you got it? Or could they just possibly be 6v ones? It would account for their brief but spectacular life, and their early demise.

It's all right Roy saying you don't need a relay - he has a whistle, and pulls a loop of string to sound it.

Kevin

[bmcecosse]

All cars should have whistles... .... I too was wondering if the (now ex) horns were for 6 volts........ All this fuss for a horn that will be used once a month (if even that..). Just buy one new small horn and move on..........

[mike.perry]

My windtones on the Series MM (listed as an export option) give a far better note than the squeaky horn on my Traveller.

[bmcecosse]

It's just there to pass the MOT - never used any other time !

[Fingolfin]

That's the direction I was headed myself -- toward buying a new one. But the reason I've given them so much time is that I'm quite fond of them. The two horns were in fact on the car when I bought it (though that doesn't mean they're original), and they gave such a loud sound for such a small car! I still have some measure of hope for the other horn, and I will retain the relay in spares if I get a modern horn.

[mike.perry]

Keep a look out for a replacement at autojumbles