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old46ford · 01-31-2017, 08:41 AM

I am rewiring my car and one of the things left to finish is the two trumpet horns... the cloth covering is gone and the wires exposed all the way into the back of the horn. I don't see how to open the horns and redo the wiring... Does anyone have any suggestions on how to open these horns? Might be easier to just find replacements.
Thanks

Gary in La. · 01-31-2017, 09:21 AM

The covers are just a press fit on to the body. Look along the edge of the cover where it meets the body and you will see some small indentations. Take a thin blade and gently pry up on the cover. It should just pop off.

19Fordy · 01-31-2017, 09:22 AM

Here's a horn pictorial.

19Fordy · 01-31-2017, 09:23 AM

You may have to drill out some type of rivets. Or, perhaps you can slide in a piece of heat shrink tubing where the OEM wire enters the horn. Here's a pictorial.

OPPS!
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old46ford · 01-31-2017, 09:50 AM

Thank you. I was just thinking of using heat shrink tubing... good ideas

edhd58 · 01-31-2017, 11:18 AM

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Mine are like those and had screws holding the covers on.

old46ford · 01-31-2017, 11:26 AM

yeah, mine appear to have rivets holding it together. Not screws...

brake1000 · 01-31-2017, 12:25 PM

Don't drill or grind off the rivet head, that's just the head of the bolt, pop off the cap. The wire is soldered on a post on the inside.

FortyNiner · 01-31-2017, 01:31 PM

There is a single screw on the end of the cap but the cap itself is removed as Gary indicated. No need to remove rivets.

01-31-2017, 08:41 AM	#1
old46ford Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 195	Horn question - 46 coupe I am rewiring my car and one of the things left to finish is the two trumpet horns... the cloth covering is gone and the wires exposed all the way into the back of the horn. I don't see how to open the horns and redo the wiring... Does anyone have any suggestions on how to open these horns? Might be easier to just find replacements. Thanks

01-31-2017, 09:21 AM	#2
Gary in La. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 866	Re: Horn question - 46 coupe The covers are just a press fit on to the body. Look along the edge of the cover where it meets the body and you will see some small indentations. Take a thin blade and gently pry up on the cover. It should just pop off.

01-31-2017, 09:23 AM	#4
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,923	Re: Horn question - 46 coupe You may have to drill out some type of rivets. Or, perhaps you can slide in a piece of heat shrink tubing where the OEM wire enters the horn. Here's a pictorial. OPPS! PLEASE DELETE

01-31-2017, 09:50 AM	#5
old46ford Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 195	Re: Horn question - 46 coupe Thank you. I was just thinking of using heat shrink tubing... good ideas

01-31-2017, 11:18 AM	#6
edhd58 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Guston,ky Posts: 653	Re: Horn question - 46 coupe Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Mine are like those and had screws holding the covers on.

01-31-2017, 11:26 AM	#7
old46ford Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 195	Re: Horn question - 46 coupe yeah, mine appear to have rivets holding it together. Not screws...

01-31-2017, 12:25 PM	#8
brake1000 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Boise ID Posts: 24	Re: Horn question - 46 coupe Don't drill or grind off the rivet head, that's just the head of the bolt, pop off the cap. The wire is soldered on a post on the inside.

01-31-2017, 01:31 PM	#9
FortyNiner Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: u-rah-rah-Wisconsin Posts: 1,136	Re: Horn question - 46 coupe There is a single screw on the end of the cap but the cap itself is removed as Gary indicated. No need to remove rivets. __________________ 19 and 49 F1 - jes' like Henry II built 1946 Deluxe - as Henry built it