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Posted By Discussion Topic: 1940 DeLuxe Convertible rubber horn grommets -- page: 1 2     sarahcecelia 06-23-2019 @ 4:05 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1166 Joined: Mar 2013 Mike "kubes,"It looks like they are made in one continuous circle. I don't see any way that the horn trumpets can be removed from their base. I would guess then, that they have to be cut? One cut on each one? If that is true, what is the best place to make each cut; Where on the long one, and where on he short one??? What a headache this is, and has been!!, but I only want to do t it one way- THE RIGHT WAY!! There is a right way, and a wrong way, to do everything; and I always want to do things the RIGHT WAY!! Anal, yes.. but that has gotten me a lot of rewards in life!! Regards, Steve Lee sarahcecelia 06-23-2019 @ 3:50 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1166 Joined: Mar 2013 On Mac's ,and Carpenters catalog, I see these grommets are one piece, which would mean that you have to take the trumpets off to install them. I see no way to remove the trumpets. If you have to cut them , in one place on each, where is the best place to put the cut? A METHOD TO TRY: I installed w/shields on VW bugs in the 60's.The way to get the w/shield rubber on the car properly, was to set the glass, w/ rubber on it, on the lower edge of the metal opening- w/ the rubber in and out of the metal, and have a lubricated cord already installed all around the groove in the rubber. When you pulled the cord from the inside, moving it along said rubber, it pulled the inner rubber lip into the inside of the metal lip, leaving the outer rubber lip on the outside of the metal. I used to do that total install in about 20 minutes. Book time for getting the glass, set up, install, and cleaning the glass was about 1 hour! This cord trick might work on horn grommets!? Regards, Steve Lee carcrazy 06-23-2019 @ 1:27 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1582 Joined: Oct 2009 I make a single cut through the grommet with a box cutter. sarahcecelia 06-23-2019 @ 7:47 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1166 Joined: Mar 2013 Are these one piece, or cut, so you can get them onto the horn? If one of them is one piece (like in the part photo online at mac's), how would a person get it onto the horn flute??? Regards, Steve Lee sarahcecelia 06-23-2019 @ 5:02 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1166 Joined: Mar 2013 THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Regards, Steve Lee carcrazy 06-22-2019 @ 7:16 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1582 Joined: Oct 2009 MAC's Auto Parts has the grommets. They are called Grommets at support bracket, horn to fender apron spacers, rubber. Part No. 91A-13912 (fit 1939-1948) for $6.95 per pair. Call them at 1-877-230-9680 to order. sarahcecelia 06-22-2019 @ 1:38 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1166 Joined: Mar 2013 Mike "kubes," My rubber grommets for the horns are in such bad condition that there is no way to get them in properly and have them do the job they were meant to do. God knows I tried, but no soap! They were in, and not in, at the same time! Somebody, that had the car before me, had cut them, at one point in the oval, to get them in; and they are split at the grooves in them in some places, because they must have forced them in, and by doing so the metal bracket cut them, Can good ones be had? If not is there some kind of "fix?" What do you advise?? Split rubber hose?? There has got to be some way to remedy this situation. Regards, Steve Lee sarahcecelia 06-12-2019 @ 9:07 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1166 Joined: Mar 2013 Thank you Kube!! I was waiting for your reply, because I know that you would know how to do it. Car Crazy replied just before you, and he got them on just like you did! I'm really surprised about the trick of using window cleaner. At 82 years old I had never heard of that one!! Thanks again to both of you!!! Regards, Steve Lee sarahcecelia 06-12-2019 @ 9:02 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1166 Joined: Mar 2013 Thank you!! Regards, Steve Lee kubes40 06-12-2019 @ 5:46 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 3366 Joined: Oct 2009 I always install them after the horns are installed to the bracket. I use window cleaner to lubricate the grommets... works like a champ. Mike "Kube" Kubarth

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