Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2007 15:45:19 GMT -5
Ok, I know it was dumb but hear me out. I was at a flea market today and got an old set of dixie horns. Looks like original ones from 30 years ago. It was only 3 bucks. On a jump pack they worked about 80%. Oiled the motor and cleaned them up. Mounted in the car. I mounted the horns and compressor. Ran a wire from ground side to ground on battery. Hooked the other wire to my horn wire at the horn. Blew the horn on the steering wheel enough for it to run through the tones. Tried again and only got one tone. Here is the problem. Disconected all the dixie stuff, started car and now it won't charge. Switch off, 12.4 volts. Engine running 12.2 volts. What the heck did I do?
Bob
Ok, here is what I checked and replaced.
First, replaced alternator, voltage regulator and ballast. Fusable link fine.
Here is the funny thing. When the engine is off and the switch is off, the 4 ways and lights work fine. When I start the car the signals do not work and the headlights drain the heck out of the battery. Again, switch off 12.5 volts, start up 12.2.
When I disconect the positive battery cable and check between the positive terminal on the battery and the disconected cable I get 12.5 volts.
Could there be a short in the lighting system? Oh by the way the horn system is working fine. Dixie horns in the garbage.
Something else I did. I initialy had the horn wire hooked to the ground on the compressor and the hot to the battery. Could this have back fed through my ignition switch when I pushed the horn button? Nothing happened when I had it hooked this way and thats when I switched them around and it blew once.
Bob
Ok, here is what I checked and replaced.
First, replaced alternator, voltage regulator and ballast. Fusable link fine.
Here is the funny thing. When the engine is off and the switch is off, the 4 ways and lights work fine. When I start the car the signals do not work and the headlights drain the heck out of the battery. Again, switch off 12.5 volts, start up 12.2.
When I disconect the positive battery cable and check between the positive terminal on the battery and the disconected cable I get 12.5 volts.
Could there be a short in the lighting system? Oh by the way the horn system is working fine. Dixie horns in the garbage.
Something else I did. I initialy had the horn wire hooked to the ground on the compressor and the hot to the battery. Could this have back fed through my ignition switch when I pushed the horn button? Nothing happened when I had it hooked this way and thats when I switched them around and it blew once.