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[soulslinga]

Hello - hit the horn in my mostly original ‘65 mk1 countryman, and it sounded, the sort of faded out/winded down, like a cartoon, or like a balloon when you slowly let out air. Very kind of comical fading, literally sounded like it’s last gasps. Then it wouldn’t work at all, or would just sound very lightly, once in a while, if you press it hard repeatedly. Any experience with that? Thanks for any help.

[gazza82]

it works on a contact-type system so if you can get it apart you may be able to clean off the contact surfaces with fine wet-&-dry and get it working. A general clean up of the internals might help ..

Once had one fail only to find the remnants of an arachnid stopping the contacts so be prepared ...

[soulslinga]

Thanks for that - where should it come apart? At the horn mechanism under the hood ? Or at the steering wheel ?

[gazza82]

the actual horn under the bonnet. check the connections to it first though

[timmy850]

If you undo the screw on the steering wheel you can also clean and inspect the contacts there. I’d disconnect the battery first to avoid surprising yourself

[Ethel]

You can temporarily hook up a wire directly to the solenoid to ensure it's getting plenty of current for testing. If it gets little use that can be enough to free it up. It it's the type with a grub screw and lock nut in the middle, that can be adjusted to bring the contacts closer together and get it working. It'll get even less Barry White and more Jimmy Somerville too.