Topic: 1941 Horns


sq1954    -- 04-14-2025 @ 2:42 AM
  How do you repair horns. They click but do not honk.


37RAGTOPMAN    -- 04-14-2025 @ 12:38 PM
  try this,
did you remove the horn covers and clean the points,
also make sure your wiring contacts are clean and tight,
I would use a seperate wire directly from the battery to the horn, using a jumper lead for the hot wire
and another jumper lead for the ground, directly to a good ground,
and see if this makes a difference,
if it does it could be the horn relay , or a wiring problem
go over the system with a volt meter, and see if youhave enough voltage,,
did you try it with thw motor running, does you generator put out enought volts, like 7 plus
I would use 320 wet and dry emery paper to clean the points, on the horns,
hope this helps,
37Ragtopman


51woodie    -- 04-16-2025 @ 6:37 AM
  ragtopman gives good advice. One of the horns on '46 Coupe didn't work, so I checked with an ohmmeter between the horn body and the lead wire, and found no continuity. I removed the cover. cleaned the points and it worked like new. Looking at the picture, the points are just to the right of the brass adjusting nuts. It may be a silly question, but, is it the horn you hear that clicks, or is it the horn relay?


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