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Sloppy box and weak horn.

  • 09-02-2014 12:10pm
    #1
    OldmanMondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭


    So my gearbox feels very sloppy, the gear stick is very loose between gears but has not yet been difficult to get into gear. The car is a 1.8TDCi Mondeo 2008. DMF & Clutch kit changed last May. I'm thinking the selectors may need changing. Any ideas?

    Also my horn is gone very weak, from a good loud blast to sounding like it belongs in a cheap small nasty car from the 70's. Would I be better just getting one from motor factors and hope it has a good blast from it or just buy from a dealer and keep it sounding like it should have. I like a good satisfying blast not a weak micra type.


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  • #2
    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭magentis


    OldmanMondeo wrote: »
    So my gearbox feels very sloppy, the gear stick is very loose between gears but has not yet been difficult to get into gear. The car is a 1.8TDCi Mondeo 2008. DMF & Clutch kit changed last May. I'm thinking the selectors may need changing. Any ideas?

    Also my horn is gone very weak, from a good loud blast to sounding like it belongs in a cheap small nasty car from the 70's. Would I be better just getting one from motor factors and hope it has a good blast from it or just buy from a dealer and keep it sounding like it should have. I like a good satisfying blast not a weak micra type.

    there is nothing worse than a weak horn.
    did you try cleaning the connectors?


  • #3
    OldmanMondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭OldmanMondeo


    Took the car for a spin this evening, must have been up for it, horn working grand now. Might have been from sitting up for a few months. Car was parked more in the sun today so it might have helped dry it out.


  • #4
    Bejubby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭Bejubby


    Best thread title ive seen on boards in a while.
    Should send it to after hours for the crack.:)


  • #5
    dieselbug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭dieselbug


    "Also my horn is gone very weak, from a good loud blast to sounding like it belongs in a cheap small nasty car from the 70's."

    A horn that worked with satisfaction in the 70's might well need a little attention to perform properly 40+ years later.:D


  • #6
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    magentis wrote: »
    there is nothing worse than a weak horn.
    did you try cleaning the connectors?
    The weak horn you could live with. Its the sloppy box that'd worry me.

    As previously mentioned, a gem of a thread title :D


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