Horn is out of BEEP, where do I refill?

[EdJarHead]

Really - my horn just stopped working.  I changed the relay with a new one, and that didn't fix it.  Before I start digging around to find all of the ground wires, thought I'd ask if there are more common ones to check first? 

[89 MJ]

Does your horn itself work? Mine has failed before. 

[EdJarHead]

Did not think to test that first...(duh)... probably should have before I bought a new relay!  Thanks!

[Pete M]

on mine the wire somehow worked its way free of the horn.   

 

always test and diagnose before firing the parts cannon.  

[89 MJ]

3 hours ago, Pete M said:

always test and diagnose before firing the parts cannon.  

I assume you don’t want to see my most recent Rock Auto bill then (over $300 just for my MJ)

[fiatslug87]

Whatever you do, do not add blinker fluid (sometimes confused with beeper fluid) or your horn will cycle ON/OFF. 

[eaglescout526]

4 minutes ago, 89 MJ said:

I assume you don’t want to see my most recent Rock Auto bill then (over $300 just for my MJ)

Lol, you don't want to know how much I spend on NOS stuff then.

[Pete M]

47 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said:

Whatever you do, do not add blinker fluid (sometimes confused with beeper fluid) or your horn will cycle ON/OFF. 

 

 

[Minuit]

Do not use blinker fluid in the horn. The correct fluid should be right next to the blinker fluid on the shelf. Look for a bottle of beeps - that'll restore proper horn function.

 

Do not overfill the horn with beeps. With the horn cold, the reservoir should be approximately half full of beeps. Overfilling can cause damage and premature failure.

[Torq_Shep]

On 8/27/2020 at 1:28 PM, 89 MJ said:

I assume you don’t want to see my most recent Rock Auto bill then (over $300 just for my MJ)

That's it? 

 

My cart on RA is at like $800 of stuff I should purchase for my daily, my partners saturn, and the MJ... Way too cheap to buy it all though. 

[Minuit]

I separate all of my projects into "groups" that are more or less self-contained and can be done individually. I keep a parts list for each.

 

Not a single one of those parts lists is under $300.

[89 MJ]

2 hours ago, Torq_Shep said:

That's it? 

 

My cart on RA is at like $800 of stuff I should purchase for my daily, my partners saturn, and the MJ... Way too cheap to buy it all though. 

Wow! I’m cheap too

[zomeizter]

OP, if and when you do some more troubleshooting, remember to turn the ignition switch on, this fooled me for a good 30 mikes. 

 

[MancheKid86]

you can easily bench test your horn,  run a  + and - from the battery to the horn and that will rule out if the horn functions.

a. horn beeps. - run multi meter on power wire and see if you detect a voltage whilst pressing beeper

                          -if power, replace ground.

                          -if no power check all fuses and trace wire back to see if there is any chafing/breaks/corrosion of wire

b. horn no beep - replace horn

let us know what you find!

[EdJarHead]

Thanks... that's very helpful... turns out it is a bad horn.  

[1989commanche]

My horn keeps going out. I have replaced it three times so far. It just quits honking. I need to find that bottle of honks they were talking about. It get to sound like a sick duck then fails completely. 

[amsuco]

On September 1, 2020 at 10:49 PM, 1989commanche said:

It get to sound like a sick dick then fails completely. 

 

That started my day with a smile.  I'm pretty sure "duck" is the word you had in mind.  My sense of humor may be a bit juvenile, but Beavis and Butthead would be proud of me!

[1989commanche]

Fixed it

[fiatslug87]

9 hours ago, 1989commanche said:

Fixed it

and...?

[jdog]

Make sure you have the covering and or there's not a way that water is getting inside of the horn