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Author Topic: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??  (Read 16822 times)

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Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« on: February 22, 2012, 03:56:00 am »
I can hear the horn relay click, but no horn sound.
Is this the symptom of a bad relay or bad horn or something else? How can I verify? Tried another relay, same symptom, but not sure if the 2nd relay is any good, the both could be bad.
 
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« Last Edit: February 22, 2012, 06:47:05 am by Donster »
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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beep Beep??
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2012, 06:24:12 am »
I can hear the horn relay click, but no horn sound.
Is this the symptom of a bad relay or bad horn or something else? How can I verify? Tried another relay, same symptom, but not sure if the 2nd relay is any good, the both could be bad.
 
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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2012, 07:54:25 am »
On my 86, both horns are weak. Maybe they can go bad.
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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2012, 07:56:23 am »
On my 86, both horns are weak. Maybe they can go bad.

from my experience, weak horn usually means a bad connection or ground. But I guess it could go bad. I think they are made up like a coil inside
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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2012, 08:56:46 am »
It can happen with age.  The old girls hooters went south on you.  I've got a pair from my 87 if you want them. 

I replaced mine with a pair from Advance.  Same horns that are used on the DeLorean.  About $15 each.
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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2012, 11:35:04 am »
If you hear the clickety-click then the relay should be okay. Disconnect the beepety-beep connector at the beepety-beep and while someone falls asleep on the beepety-beep button, check the voltage from the connector to ground. If that's about 12 oompaty-oomps then the beepety-beeper has gone further south than it should.
Unless the ground where the beepety-beep mounts has become goopetied-up. If you remove the beepety-beep and hot wire it to the oompety-oompher, that will certify a bad beepety-beeper or ground or connector at the beepety-beeper.
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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2012, 11:47:13 am »
Okedy-dokey
I'll give 'er a try

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« Last Edit: February 22, 2012, 05:45:11 pm by Donster »
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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2012, 12:15:23 pm »
LOL Roger ...you just cracked me up  ;D.

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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2017, 08:33:19 pm »
If you hear the clickety-click then the relay should be okay. Disconnect the beepety-beep connector at the beepety-beep and while someone falls asleep on the beepety-beep button, check the voltage from the connector to ground. If that's about 12 oompaty-oomps then the beepety-beeper has gone further south than it should.
Unless the ground where the beepety-beep mounts has become goopetied-up. If you remove the beepety-beep and hot wire it to the oompety-oompher, that will certify a bad beepety-beeper or ground or connector at the beepety-beeper.

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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2017, 04:42:42 pm »
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Re: Clickety-Click, but no Beepety-Beep??
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2017, 06:12:54 pm »
My kids enjoyed it, too.  It's so good to laugh.