My Horn Got Wet

[Brooke Wilde]

I meant to post this Tuesday when I discovered the issue, but forgot ... so this happened 3 days ago (not sure if time matters, but it may).

I went though a lot of water Monday and discovered Tuesday that my horn is now only a fraction of as loud as it used to be.

Is there anything (easy) I can do to fix this?

It sounds like a fucking civic now and not the 5.0 beast it is

[Champagne Brown]

One of my car's is like that... You'll have to replace it.. Im on my second one now, it sits too low..

[Brooke Wilde]

^^^^ That sucks!!!!

[Champagne Brown]

It does, and my second one is messed up now. Sound pretty funny, and embarrassing..

[GlobeSpotter]

Originally Posted by Brooke Wilde

^^^^ That sucks!!!!

try squirting a heavy load of most any kind of oil lubricant down in through the conch.

not white lube or greasy stuff. more like rem oil, lps, 3in1, sewing machine oil, or even that crappy dubdee forty stuff

spray some in....get on it....and spray more.

your vibrating things have rusted together

lemme know if you need help sourcing and replacing

[TryWeakly]

I thinck she is talkin about her car.. yours sounds like a "session" gone wrong.

[GlobeSpotter]

yup....she prolly lost me at "white lube"

[Guest123018-4]

Hope you checked your oil for water, your differential for water, and your transmission as well.
While modern vehicles can safely travel through some water they are not designed to be in the water to the extent it would flood your horn.
Good news is that if you have water in them and you drain it and install new lubricants before you drive it very much, you may not have done too much damage.
Best of luck to you.

[DEAR_JOHN]

Originally Posted by Brooke Wilde

I meant to post this Tuesday when I discovered the issue, but forgot ... so this happened 3 days ago (not sure if time matters, but it may).

I went though a lot of water Monday and discovered Tuesday that my horn is now only a fraction of as loud as it used to be.

Is there anything (easy) I can do to fix this?

It sounds like a fucking civic now and not the 5.0 beast it is

Unless you know a car mechanic personally and trust him completely, I would take the car to a local Ford dealership and have them check it for water damage. If you live in mid-town, I would suggest Tommy Vaughn Ford. They're a really good dealership and have a great after market performance store down the block from the dealership.

http://www.tommievaughnford.com/

If the car is totaled, I would suggest getting another car, but one from Brownsville, San Antone, Austin, Dallas areas. The dealership will transport it here free of charge.

One other suggestion is Texas Direct Auto. You get max bang for the buck. They have several Mustangs (Shelby, Shelby 350, GT) for sale, most have under 10,000 miles. I bought a high performance car there that had MSRP of $70,000, the exact car I wanted with 5,000 miles on it for $51,000. This allowed me to save big bucks. Now, I didn't drive a brand new car off the lot with 5 miles on it, however the car was well taken care of and looked brand spanking new. This place is the weirdest thing, there's several cars for sale with less than 1,000 miles, and the gross amount of depreciation has already been taken care of by the original owner.

https://www.texasdirectauto.com/for-...tang/?sort=p-d

No matter what you do, I wish you the best of luck.

[Brooke Wilde]

Remember the part where I said easy? Before I even attempted to do this, I'd have to figure out what the hell you are talking about .... what the fuck is a conch?

Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

try squirting a heavy load of most any kind of oil lubricant down in through the conch.

not white lube or greasy stuff. more like rem oil, lps, 3in1, sewing machine oil, or even that crappy dubdee forty stuff

spray some in....get on it....and spray more.

your vibrating things have rusted together

lemme know if you need help sourcing and replacing

Originally Posted by TryWeakly

I thinck she is talkin about her car.. yours sounds like a "session" gone wrong.

Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

yup....she prolly lost me at "white lube"

Caucasian lube?

[Brooke Wilde]

I think that's exactly what I'll do this afternoon. I actually bought my car from Tommy Vaughn so I have been quite a few times over the years.

The second part of your post scares me, I'd hate to have to buy another mustang, this one is close to paid off and it's my goal to get some type of sporty SUV close to years end and having to buy a brand new mustang would most certainly cancel out those plans.

Originally Posted by DEAR_JOHN

Unless you know a car mechanic personally and trust him completely, I would take the car to a local Ford dealership and have them check it for water damage. If you live in mid-town, I would suggest Tommy Vaughn Ford. They're a really good dealership and have a great after market performance store down the block from the dealership.

http://www.tommievaughnford.com/

If the car is totaled, I would suggest getting another car, but one from Brownsville, San Antone, Austin, Dallas areas. The dealership will transport it here free of charge.

One other suggestion is Texas Direct Auto. You get max bang for the buck. They have several Mustangs (Shelby, Shelby 350, GT) for sale, most have under 10,000 miles. I bought a high performance car there that had MSRP of $70,000, the exact car I wanted with 5,000 miles on it for $51,000. This allowed me to save big bucks. Now, I didn't drive a brand new car off the lot with 5 miles on it, however the car was well taken care of and looked brand spanking new. This place is the weirdest thing, there's several cars for sale with less than 1,000 miles, and the gross amount of depreciation has already been taken care of by the original owner.

https://www.texasdirectauto.com/for-...tang/?sort=p-d

No matter what you do, I wish you the best of luck.

Originally Posted by The2Dogs

Hope you checked your oil for water, your differential for water, and your transmission as well.
While modern vehicles can safely travel through some water they are not designed to be in the water to the extent it would flood your horn.
Good news is that if you have water in them and you drain it and install new lubricants before you drive it very much, you may not have done too much damage.
Best of luck to you.

I didn't even think of that nor have I checked or even glanced at the gauges on my dash board. Gulp Sounds like if the horn is my only issue, I came out of this a winner.

Thanks for the input gents!

[Brooke Wilde]

Also, just wanted to mention ... when I blew my horn yesterday, for the first time since this happened, while I was in the car it sounded just fine, but when I click on my key fob, it sounds very distorted .. weird.


^^^^ That sentence looks all screwed up for some reason. Like English is my second language. LMAO.

[pxmcc]

I thought this was an X-rated reference of some type.

[TryWeakly]

Check the muffler besrings...

[GlobeSpotter]

so spray the lube in the hole.


cunt:




conch:




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