gm's unhealthy obsession with mx5s - Hooning and Horning !

[gm]

somewhere along the banks of Keilder, I noticed a new noise  

it seemed to go away when I dipped the clutch and let off the revs so presumably engine related - time to pull over and investigate

whipping out my trusty Swiss army 10mm socket

I popped the bonnet open and found a suitable prop

we gave it some revs and spotted the culprit - once again, the horn was wobbling like a big wobbly thing and making a hell of a racket - the front cam belt cover had almost snapped clean through

bolt removed, wire cut, horn lobbed in the boot of the mazda and we're back in business  

 

[gm]

thinking that the low cars would struggle on the forest drive, we decided to head back to Hexham for a bite of lunch then @DVee8 plotted us a course home via Allandale, more fantastic roads to be hooned on   

 

[gm]

I had planned to replace the horn with something more suitable so had a new set on the shelf waiting for me to get round to fitting them

so, up with the bonnet again, no tree branch required today, thankyou

and some sort of fitting bracket was required. I found a length of wardrobe rail that had seen a previous life as a camera mount which looked ideal. 

bolted on some brackets

managed to get it fairly straight

took it off again and fitted the horns

should look pretty smart, I reckon

did a bit of wiring

fitted the inside the nosecone

oh you tit !

I'd drilled the holes on the wrong side  

swapped the end brackets over

ran the cable in a length of trunking? and stuck it down with goop

discovered I had used the quick release connectors I though were sitting on the shelf

I'm pretty pleased with how that turned out

a quick test and they are loud as fuck ! result   

 

[gm]

@NorthernMonkey did you see this ? 

[NorthernMonkey]

2 hours ago, gm said:

@NorthernMonkey did you see this ? 

I did indeed…I messaged him this morning but he hasn’t replied yet! 😂

[NorthernMonkey]

5 hours ago, gm said:

@NorthernMonkey did you see this ? 

I’ve sent you a WhatsApp, Mark…

[Snipes]

On 15/07/2025 at 15:50, gm said:

ran the cable in a length of trunking?

Copex