[DeTomaso] Horn replacement

[Christopher Kimball]

My horns were weak, even intermittent.  I thought it was the horn button on the stalk, or maybe the horns themselves.  Before ditching the stock ones, I looked into the fender well and realized it might be corrosion and a bad ground.  I took them out, wire-brushed the mounting bracket and terminals and coated them with a contact cleaner solution, and now they work every time and are very loud.  
Something to try, anyway.
Chris


> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:15:25 -0400
> From: michaelsavga at gmail.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Horn replacement
> 
> I was dumb enough to drive my car through a drive last weekend and this
> idiot in front of me apparently didn't sell enough plasma to buy a Big Mac
> and starting backing up - towards my car.  I started blowing my wimpy Euro
> horn  (even though the car at idle sounds like a bass drum solo) and she
> still kept coming.  So I finally yelled "Hey Stupid" out the window before
> she hit me.
> SOME PEOPLE!
> 
> Today I researched horns and then went to a motorcycle shop that sells a
> super unit called a Stebel, sounds like a Mack truck.  Thinking of
> installing it on the car, has anybody else replaced their horn?
> Any guess how many amps the stock horn button can handle  I think the Stebel
> uses 3.5)?
> 
> Michael Shortt
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