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jimbo
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My horns a rusted mess that just fell apart because the MoT is due. Just been flitting on Ebay and found a klaxon horn for 3.95. They sound funny, bit of a toy etc. and one of my mates got one from Vanfest last year and it's loud enough.
Question is.....is it ok for MoT?? Be a bit of a pisser if it's not.
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When there's always biscuits in the barrell, where's the fun in biscuits??
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daz2vans
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MUST be single tone to pass a MOT
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jimbo
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Bugger. cheers Daz, best i get looking then.
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When there's always biscuits in the barrell, where's the fun in biscuits??
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blazin-saddles
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Stebel nautilus is all you need to know. have a check.
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daz2vans
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Jimbo
When the MOT man gives the horn a press I guarantee he will pee him self laughin
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CHRISC
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I HAVE THAT HORN ON MY VAN PASSED MOT HE ADVISED IT WAS A BIT LOUD BUT IT PASSED |
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Desp Dan
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Yup Got a pair of em 1 in Each Wheel Arch, Quality |
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Pie n' Bacon Meister
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jimbo
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Then the klaxon will stay!! unless it's the most joyless cunt ever innspecting. Might get a scrappy just for test.
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When there's always biscuits in the barrell, where's the fun in biscuits??
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Hannover
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Not true!
Must be single tone or twin tone ie. two notes sounded simultaneously. (eg. Stebel Nautilus).
Two tone (illegal) can only be used by the emergency services.
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jimbo
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I spose that means the klaxon is a 2 tone then. Back to the scrappy I go, at least it's only pennies! |
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Hannover
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What if you have a ''normal'' road horn plus fit an additional Klaxon. There's a Beetle from the Wigan area that has a set of diesel locomotive horns fitted, one under each front wing. It has a hefty compressor/air reservoir to work them & they are LOUD!
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NOELI0
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My van would have failed the MOT with the Klaxon, but I had left the original horn attached so he just swaped plugs and warned me citing the 'single tone' rule. personally I think it depends on if your tester has a sence of humor or not
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If you can't go fast go LOUD!!
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Hannover
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For many years posh cars like Jaguars & big Rovers had twin tone horns. Nowadays lots of cars have them eg. my Xsara. I think the T4 has one as standard, at least it looked like one when I had the bonnet open & was checking the oil.
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Desp Dan
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Trouble is the MOT is still a bit Subjective,
What passes at one station dont necessarily pass at another. |
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Hannover
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The thing is that it shouldn't be down to the MOT tester to decide what type of horn to pass/fail at MOT time. The types of horn that are legal or illegal will be stated in the Road Traffic Act or Construction & Use Regs. Do decibels come into the equation ie. excessively loud?
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daz2vans
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I don't think there's any confussion the law states it must be a single tone. havin a horn under both wings of a T4 still make the same continuess sound not AAHH AAHH |
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Hannover
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That means that every UK registered car with a twin tone horn eg. BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, big Rovers & lots of more modest cars have illegal horns & invalid MOTs.
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Desp Dan
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And my Van it seems |
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daz2vans
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[QUOTE=Desp Dan] [QUOTE=Hannover]
That means that every UK registered car with a twin tone horn
Twin tone don't been TWO tone's
Twin tone means 2 sounding the same
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Desp Dan
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Or maybe not Edited by Desp Dan - 02 Mar 10 at 21:50 |
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