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Help! urgent MOT Q
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:43 pm
by Peetee
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?
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:45 pm
by paulk
Err no
do you want Milly's for tommorrow?
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:46 pm
by aupickup
hi
well the horn or some form of audible sound has to work
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:47 pm
by aupickup
check witing at the horn
also in the steering wheel
has it just stopped working then
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:39 pm
by alainmoran
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.
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:25 pm
by bmcecosse
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 !
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:39 pm
by aupickup
aupickup wrote:hi
well the horn or some form of audible sound has to work
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:43 pm
by d_harris
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)
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:03 pm
by Dean
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....
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:38 am
by mike.perry
Check the horn by disconnecting the cables and wire it straight to the battery.
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:51 am
by wiglaf
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?!] ;-)
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:08 am
by aupickup
in theory yes you can put a bell on, it is an audible warning
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:02 pm
by mike.perry
Shouting ---- Off out of the window is an audible warning but I don't think it counts.
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:13 pm
by rayofleamington
you can get bike horns - with a rubber ball and a trumpet... I had one when we went to Africa
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:55 pm
by aupickup
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
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:42 pm
by d_harris
how did it go pete?
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:42 pm
by mike.perry
Apologies post ammended
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:18 pm
by Peetee
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.
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:47 pm
by aupickup
well done another year
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:12 pm
by Dean
Excellent news... great teamwork!