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weird short

My horn stalls my car.....lol

But the horn in the new car works AND I finally have the "open door" music
again..YAY!!!!!

lol
 -The George

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince" <vince@performancecarstereo.com>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>;
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 8:15 PM
Subject: RE: weird short


> Sounds to me like there's a ground issue.  Check the ground terminal next
to
> the fusebox and make sure nothing got unhooked.  then check at the horn
> itself and make sure its ground is good.  Test the horn right at its
wiring
> plug to make sure it's still good.
>
> Sounds like a fun way to scare a passenger.... oh crap we're overheating!
>
> Vince
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Allyn
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 4:53 PM
> To: Dan Smith; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: weird short
>
>
> sounds like horn itself (or wiring leading to it) is shorted.
> Al
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 6:41 PM
> Subject: weird short
>
>
> > I have a weird short in my 84 rocc. It involves the horn. Sometimes the
> horn works, most of the time it doesn't. When I press the button though,
> there is a click sound and my headlights grow considerably dimmer. Also,
> regardless of wheither or not a noise is produced, my oil temp needle pegs
> itself to max when I press the button. The oil temp still has a working
> light and seems to read the oil temp accurately. When I drive the very
> desolate 25mi to my house at 1:30am after work, sometimes I'll amuse
myself
> by hitting the button and watching the oil needle going *BOING* to max.
It's
> good for a chuckle now and then.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Dan
> > 1 pot of VERY strong coffee + no food all day = a bit twitchy...
> >
> >
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