Help! urgent MOT Q

Post by **Peetee** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:43 pm

The horn is not working on Albert and he has an MOT first thing in the morning and I doubt I have the time to investivgate. I know that some items are not obligitory but if they are fitted they have to work. If I were to take the horn unit off would it pass without?

Post by **paulk** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:45 pm

Err no
do you want Milly's for tommorrow?

Post by **aupickup** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:46 pm

hi

well the horn or some form of audible sound has to work

Post by **aupickup** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:47 pm

check witing at the horn
also in the steering wheel
has it just stopped working then

Post by **alainmoran** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:39 pm

Check that the spring-arm inside the steering wheel boss is connected to the stator that takes the feed from the horn push - this is a fiddly job that will require many expletives to get right.

Remove and re-connect the terminals on the horn unit a few times to make sure there is a good connection.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:25 pm

Must have 'audible warning' for MOT. Not sure if a bicycle bell would do the trick ? Sure the fuse hasn't blown ? Check the fuse and the little clips that hold it - wiggle it about and see what happens !

Post by **aupickup** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:39 pm

aupickup wrote:hi

well the horn or some form of audible sound has to work

Post by **d_harris** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:43 pm

The horn is a switched earth, so to check it manually earth it.

Or, you could run a long wire from the batt to the horn and to a switch in the cab (doesn't need to flick off, as long as it works)

Post by **Dean** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:03 pm

You get 7 days for the free re-test anyway don't you? It's a tad irritating but if you can't fix it in time you may have to use Sunday to get it working again. Just a thought....

Post by **mike.perry** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:38 am

Check the horn by disconnecting the cables and wire it straight to the battery.

Post by **wiglaf** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:51 am

Put a bicycle bell on. So long as that works, when the horn push doesn't the tester's "using the old unit: press this one here"? [Daft, me, as if?!] ;-)

Post by **aupickup** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:08 am

in theory yes you can put a bell on, it is an audible warning

Post by **mike.perry** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:02 pm

Shouting ---- Off out of the window is an audible warning but I don't think it counts.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:13 pm

you can get bike horns - with a rubber ball and a trumpet... I had one when we went to Africa

Post by **aupickup** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:55 pm

mike.perry wrote:Shouting F Off out of the window is an audible warning but I don't think it counts.

please do not forget we have some young ones on the site

Post by **d_harris** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:42 pm

how did it go pete?

Post by **mike.perry** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:42 pm

Apologies post ammended

Post by **Peetee** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:18 pm

Paul K let me use the horn from (the nearly complete) Millie. Thanks to him Albert passed.

On removing Alberts horn I found something inside was rattling.

Post by **aupickup** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:47 pm

well done another year

Post by **Dean** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:12 pm

Excellent news... great teamwork!