Horn troubles on closed bow Nautique

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  • Toster
    • May 2009
    • 39

    • Lincoln, NE


    Horn troubles on closed bow Nautique

    Ok, so I am the proud new owner of a 1996 176 Ski Nautique. Yellow_Flash_Colorz: I was working on a few small things that were not working and I noticed the horn only made a clunk noise. :!: Not the usual sound. So I was going to tear in to it and see if it needed replaced or if there was something just hung up in it. The problem is how to get to them. :?: Do you have to take the windshield off just to get to the three little screws that hold down the vent cover? Or is there some magic screwdriver that you can get in there? I looked underneath the bow, and it looks like that cover is the only way to get to the horn.
  • James
    • May 2007
    • 151

    • Indian Wells, CA


    #2
    RE: Horn troubles on closed bow Nautique

    The windshield has to be taken off to get the deck vent cover off to the get to the horn.
    Carefully remove the molding strip at the base of the windshield to get to the screws hold the frame to the deck. Be careful when removing the screws since it is very easy to damage the paint on the frame. The windshield can be lifted off with the help of another person.
    The side glass/frame slides out of the front glass/frame.
    Bruce at CC East (MWCC) has the replacement molding for the 176.
    FYI I just went through this over the winter on my '98 176

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    • DavidF
      Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
      • Sep 2004
      • 611

      • Austin, TX


      #3
      RE: Horn troubles on closed bow Nautique

      I have seen some boats with the bottom of the air box cut out and then screwed back into place and caulked up. I recommend the windsheild removal method.

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      • Toster
        • May 2009
        • 39

        • Lincoln, NE


        #4
        RE: Horn troubles on closed bow Nautique

        I got lucky....I think it was only a loose ground. I was under there replacing the speaker wire, and was messing around with the small bolt that comes through the box, it felt a little loose. I tightened it up and now I have a horn! :grin:

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        • DanielC
          1,000 Post Club Member
          • Nov 2005
          • 2669

          • West Linn OR

          • 1997 Ski Nautique

          #5
          RE: Horn troubles on closed bow Nautique

          I believe the problem is with the horn wiring. This era of Correct Craft boats is not known for robust wires.
          After the electricity gets to the horn, the voltage at the horn has dropped to about 9 or 10 volts.
          My recommendation is to add a horn relay, and heavy gage wire on the ground side of the horn.
          Cut the wires going to the horn, under the dash, close to where they go through the bulkhead.
          Use the original wire that went to the horn for the coil on the relay. Hot wire from the horn switch to pin 86 on the relay, original ground wire to pin 85. This makes the relay click. Check it now.
          Add a heavy ground wire from the black wire that is still on the horn, directly to the engine block, near where the waterpump is on the Ford motor.
          Add a heavy fused hot wire from the positive on the battery to pin 30 on the relay. Take the old hot wire from the horn, and put a terminal on it and plug it into pin 87 of the relay.
          I bet your horn will work better than it ever did from the factory.
          There is a reason virtually every car made uses a horn relay. Why Correct Craft did not, I do not know.

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