Accessing the Toot Horn

[HT]

Morning all (or ‘good evening’ if it’s later where you are),

I did a water crossing yesterday and my toot horn has stopped working (it now only makes a very quiet, timid toot barely audible over the engine)…
I had a poke around and I think it’s located behind the right headlight??
Does anyone know how to access it?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Jean Mercier]

Morning all (or ‘good evening’ if it’s later where you are),

I did a water crossing yesterday and my toot horn has stopped working (it now only makes a very quiet, timid toot barely audible over the engine)…
I had a poke around and I think it’s located behind the right headlight??
Does anyone know how to access it?
Thanks in advance.

No, not yet dismounted that, but perhaps you could wait some days until it is dry again.
Anyway ... not normal at all!

 

[EDWARDO]

I have the same issue after flooding where i live, did it go back to normal after drying off a bit?

 

[HT]

Hey Edwardo. I took jean’s advice and left it alone. Slowly but surely my grenadier regained the power of speech. It took about two weeks for him to be able to toot cheerily on demand.

 

[Tazzieman]

So now there's an opening for the aftermarket to provide a Toot horn snorkel

 

[anand]

So now there's an opening for the aftermarket to provide a Toot horn snorkel

It's a Toot Horn Raised Sound Outlet

 

[Max]

It's a Toot Horn Raised Sound Outlet

Ha Ha the new moderator has his word..well said

 

[Stu_Barnes]

I have the same issue after flooding where i live, did it go back to normal after drying off a bit?

I drove through a puddle yesterday, ok so it was about 2 feet deep. But the toot is anything but.

 

[Mudnut]

I have this urge to install truck air horns in place of the "toot" horn. That would let bicycles know I am approaching!

 

[FlyersFan76]

I have this urge to install truck air horns in place of the "toot" horn. That would let bicycles know I am approaching!

Me too. On my Defender I have 2 "horns" as well. One is the normal Defender sound horn. The other is a bicycle bell. Ringing that behind bike riders at a traffic light or pedestrians is pretty funny.

 

[Stu_Barnes]

I drove through a puddle yesterday, ok so it was about 2 feet deep. But the toot is anything but.

Still not tooting

 

[Jeremy996]

One of the lunatics I know has a horn from a diesel locomotive, it is not quiet.

View: https://youtu.be/TCKxJiStxf0

 

[Stu_Barnes]

One of the lunatics I know has a horn from a diesel locomotive, it is not quiet.

View: https://youtu.be/TCKxJiStxf0

Love that old footage, always reminds me of Deltic engines. I just wish the gas turbine had been delayed a decade or so for these to reach their potential in the Navy.

Anyway it’s chucking it down here today so no toot investigation for me.

 

[Stu_Barnes]

The toot is back, that's 46 days of evaporation.

 

[Eric]

The toot is back, that's 46 days of evaporation.

When it takes that long to dry out I start worrying about the onset of corrosion. Or at least up and coming bad earth issues. Is it possible to spray with some silicone repellant.

 

[Stu_Barnes]

When it takes that long to dry out I start worrying about the onset of corrosion. Or at least up and coming bad earth issues. Is it possible to spray with some silicone repellant.

To be honest I'm not sure where it's hidden, and to be doubly honest I've not looked !

But long term corrosion may be an issue a you mention.

 

[Jeffrey]

Wrap it in plastic.

 

[Oelprinz]

I have this urge to install truck air horns in place of the "toot" horn. That would let bicycles know I am approaching!

This was my first thought after learning about this button.

What other good ideas can we come up with to install instead of the toot?

 

[MickyWadds]

Lost my "Toot" after a few spirited water crossings. Hopefully it will find it's voice once again.

 

[landmannnn]

I have this urge to install truck air horns in place of the "toot" horn. That would let bicycles know I am approaching!

So if your 17 yo son/grandson, daughter etc were cycling down the road, would you be happy that some entitled 4x4 driver is blasting their 130db horn at them?