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That's the left side (looking forwards) horn on my car. It's attached to the bumper iron by the triangular bracket that you can just make out. It also has a ground wire that is attached to the small bracket on the front cross member.
Glyn, I think the 4th edition of the service manual is the last one and, thanks to Brooklands Books, the one in widest circulation. Mine is a photocopy of one from a public library with a date stamp (from when the library bought it) of March 1976. I must have copied it around 1978 or so. The horns appear on page P23 (the scan in your post above) and also on pages P-s7 to Ps-9 where the WT and 9H types are mentioned. They are also in a drawing on page N11 where the manual covers the attachment of the front bumper. However, in that picture, they are either floating in the air or attached the front cross-member (that's cross member in front of the radiator, not the front suspension sub-frame). I'd guess that they were moved back to the sub-frame on the introduction of the S type with its slender bumpers in order to keep them out of sight.
Cass, I hadn't realised that the Varamatic box to had an oil cooler. Was it standard ? If so, it's something that I'll have to add to my list of parts to buy.
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The so called cooler is just a solid loop of pipe in the hydraulic hose with some fragile alloy vanes attached.
Is it required? I doubt it unless you are ragging the bloody thing around hairpin bends all day.
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That's the left side (looking forwards) horn on my car. It's attached to the bumper iron by the triangular bracket that you can just make out. It also has a ground wire that is attached to the small bracket on the front cross member.
Glyn, I think the 4th edition of the service manual is the last one and, thanks to Brooklands Books, the one in widest circulation. Mine is a photocopy of one from a public library with a date stamp (from when the library bought it) of March 1976. I must have copied it around 1978 or so. The horns appear on page P23 (the scan in your post above) and also on pages P-s7 to Ps-9 where the WT and 9H types are mentioned. They are also in a drawing on page N11 where the manual covers the attachment of the front bumper. However, in that picture, they are either floating in the air or attached the front cross-member (that's cross member in front of the radiator, not the front suspension sub-frame). I'd guess that they were moved back to the sub-frame on the introduction of the S type with its slender bumpers in order to keep them out of sight.
Cass, I hadn't realised that the Varamatic box to had an oil cooler. Was it standard ? If so, it's something that I'll have to add to my list of parts to buy.
Mine has most of the Jaguar Bulletins included.
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The date stamp is (or was) by Cheshire County Libraries from when they bought the book, not from the publisher, Jaguar Cars/British Leyland. Strangely enough, Ellesmere Port (a small industrial town on Merseyside in the north west of England) had a full set of Jaguar Services manuals from XK120 and Mk VII through to the 420 and 420G. There was no local connection with Jaguar.
My version doesn't have the bulletins. If there was a date or ISBN at the end of the book, I doubt I'd have had energy remaining to photocopy it. It's quite a big book to copy ... . Incidentally, doing the copying wasn't meanness on my part. Brooklands Books' reprints weren't around and factory service manuals were hen's teeth.
My version doesn't have the bulletins. If there was a date or ISBN at the end of the book, I doubt I'd have had energy remaining to photocopy it. It's quite a big book to copy ... . Incidentally, doing the copying wasn't meanness on my part. Brooklands Books' reprints weren't around and factory service manuals were hen's teeth.
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The date stamp is (or was) by Cheshire County Libraries from when they bought the book, not from the publisher, Jaguar Cars/British Leyland. Strangely enough, Ellesmere Port (a small industrial town on Merseyside in the north west of England) had a full set of Jaguar Services manuals from XK120 and Mk VII through to the 420 and 420G. There was no local connection with Jaguar.
My version doesn't have the bulletins. If there was a date or ISBN at the end of the book, I doubt I'd have had energy remaining to photocopy it. It's quite a big book to copy ... . Incidentally, doing the copying wasn't meanness on my part. Brooklands Books' reprints weren't around and factory service manuals were hen's teeth.
My version doesn't have the bulletins. If there was a date or ISBN at the end of the book, I doubt I'd have had energy remaining to photocopy it. It's quite a big book to copy ... . Incidentally, doing the copying wasn't meanness on my part. Brooklands Books' reprints weren't around and factory service manuals were hen's teeth.
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I have "revived" quite a number of these horns. I won't use the word restored as that implies a complete overhaul.
A common problem is in the points which are typically corroded or burnt.
Cleaning them up with abrasive paper or fine file generally gets them going.
Another problem in this part of the world is having mud wasps and their ilk making nests in the trumpet.
On occasions poor earths also contribute to failure.
The latest horn repairs were on a friends 1956 Rolls Royce which had all of the aforementioned faults.
A common problem is in the points which are typically corroded or burnt.
Cleaning them up with abrasive paper or fine file generally gets them going.
Another problem in this part of the world is having mud wasps and their ilk making nests in the trumpet.
On occasions poor earths also contribute to failure.
The latest horn repairs were on a friends 1956 Rolls Royce which had all of the aforementioned faults.
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Well I got the new horns and they work! Problem is they work all the time!
I have taken the horn push mechanism apart and that all looks OK. I have tried moving the steering column up and down but that does not help.
I guess I will have to take the steering column out and use one of the horn repair kits to fix it.
Any less intrusive solutions welcome!
I have taken the horn push mechanism apart and that all looks OK. I have tried moving the steering column up and down but that does not help.
I guess I will have to take the steering column out and use one of the horn repair kits to fix it.
Any less intrusive solutions welcome!
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Have you checked the horn relay? It might be stuck open. I think it is the relay on the inside of the engine bay right hand side just above the Brake booster. Best picture I have of it during the strip down of my car during its restoration.
This is what it looks like on the SNG site.
https://www.sngbarratt.com/English/#...orn%20relay%60
This is what it looks like on the SNG site.
https://www.sngbarratt.com/English/#...orn%20relay%60
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Be sure to let the APK tester know about the temporary button.
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