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Old 01-07-2013, 09:11 AM
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I have been crawling all around this car for a few weeks and just realized I have not run across the horn. Where should it be? It doesn't work, so I cannot listen for the location. Thanks!
Old 01-07-2013, 09:20 AM
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should be horns in the right front tire well, which reminds me i need to fix mine...
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Just replaced mine with the commonly-recommended Wolo "Bad Boy" horn. Had to fab a small bracket (a few inches of 1" x 1/8" aluminum angle) to hang it upright, but otherwise a plug-in. It's louder than original but still the two tones. HF stores stock them. If you need to replace yours, this is a reasonable option.

A recent incident with a sleep-driver prompted the change for me. There are times when a freight-train horn is needed, but most times we just need a gentle toot to wake someone texting as the light turns green then red again.
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Are the horns behind the cover? I have removed rear cover to look at the washer tank. Are they behind the front cover on right side?
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Originally Posted by ChuckD
Are the horns behind the cover? I have removed rear cover to look at the washer tank. Are they behind the front cover on right side?
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Old 01-07-2013, 12:10 PM
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Yes, remove the cover that is in front of the right front wheel. Can't miss it.
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right below the pass headlight.
Old 01-07-2013, 01:16 PM
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Six replies and no pictures? Sheesh....

Here's a kiloword for y'all.

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The 82 you can usually see the horns from below no need to remove the front splash shield..
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On an early car, they may look more like these once you remove the splash panel in front of the wheel (ignore the aftermarket charcoal canister added as a federalization attempt).
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I guess I now know why they are muffled, according to some posts I dug up on the subject. Much appreciated!
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Here's a photo of the horns in my old 81:



From my page at http://928.jorj7.com/horn.html (circa 1999)

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In front of wheel well on passenger side, I took my inner wheel well out to fix some tubing and my horn fell off and I ran it over.
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Originally Posted by RPetty2
In front of wheel well on passenger side, I took my inner wheel well out to fix some tubing and my horn fell off and I ran it over.


I know: Old thread. But I'm reassembling the right front fender on my '82 and I couldn't remember how the horn bracket attached and I found this thread.

And that's funny right there, I don't care who you are.
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better Shawn, i checked al electrics on my rally build to see only the horn didn't work.....checked wires, relays etc... to finally see there was no horn at all.. no wonder i didn't work
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