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Restoring - General discussions that span across many different groups of years and models => Misc Items => Topic started by: Oz390 on September 18, 2011, 05:22:29 AM

Title: Horns
Post by: Oz390 on September 18, 2011, 05:22:29 AM

Anyone sell the rivets or paper-y gasket material?  '68 if it makes a difference...

Title: Re: Horns
Post by: MWM on September 18, 2011, 10:54:42 PM

Oz,
I just had the Horn Works rebuild mine.  You can ask if they sell just the parts.
Gary Steinkellner
The Horn Works
Restoration Specialist of Collector Car Horns
967 Hackett St. Beloit, WI. 53511
608-361-0095
http://www.classiccarhorns.com/index.html

Title: Re: Horns
Post by: Ivygreen65 on September 19, 2011, 06:57:29 PM

You can buy the rebuild or the refresh kits from Zip Corvette

http://www.zip-corvette.com/ProductDetails/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=%7B87A168B9-F2D0-48C1-BE6D-10D888AEA10D%7D&gid=%7B6264FD3F-27EB-4A12-8321-162612D3ABAF%7D&pname=64-75+Horn+Repair%2fRefinish+Kit&Referer=&Alias=&ptct=GL2-SR&CTitle=& (http://www.zip-corvette.com/ProductDetails/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=%7B87A168B9-F2D0-48C1-BE6D-10D888AEA10D%7D&gid=%7B6264FD3F-27EB-4A12-8321-162612D3ABAF%7D&pname=64-75+Horn+Repair%2fRefinish+Kit&Referer=&Alias=&ptct=GL2-SR&CTitle=&)

http://www.zip-corvette.com/ProductDetails/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=%7B614C79B0-1351-4598-B17D-276B691E7437%7D&gid=%7B6264FD3F-27EB-4A12-8321-162612D3ABAF%7D&pname=64-75+Deluxe+Horn+Rebuild+Kit&Referer=&Alias=&ptct=GL2-SR&CTitle=& (http://www.zip-corvette.com/ProductDetails/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=%7B614C79B0-1351-4598-B17D-276B691E7437%7D&gid=%7B6264FD3F-27EB-4A12-8321-162612D3ABAF%7D&pname=64-75+Deluxe+Horn+Rebuild+Kit&Referer=&Alias=&ptct=GL2-SR&CTitle=&)

However, if your horns aren't working, I would also suggest Gary Steinkellner.  He rebuilt the horns for my convertible and did an excellent job. 

Based on what I've read, an amateur rebuild of these horns has a 50/50 chance of being successful.

Title: Re: Horns
Post by: Oz390 on September 21, 2011, 08:38:47 AM

Thanks for the tips. 

The horns are really prety simple mechanically, they are a simple coil that magnetizes with current and moves a diapragm.  The motion of the diaphragm moves a point type contact that opens and breaks the circuit.  Repeat real fast and it moves air, and makes noinse.  So if the coils and points are in OK condition, its not too hard to clean them up.

If they are seriously corroded or the coil is broken then no go, hard to repair.  Have used small bolts in the past, but want a more "correct" look so want the rivets...

Thanks for the tips, contacted both.