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greasemonkey · 11-05-2002, 07:39 PM

It has this strange habit of suddenly blaring the horn while I am turning a corner lately. I take off the wheel, remount the wheel, and the problem goes away- for a while. It also has this weird thing where the left brake light turns off when the right turn signal is appled. Anybody else have trucks with their own personalities?

crazy longhorn · 11-05-2002, 07:43 PM

Yup, mine trys to do doughnuts when I stand on the throttle

bad 71 chevy · 11-05-2002, 07:51 PM

Mine does that same thing with the horn also mine likes to put my tac setting on a 4 cylender so i looik down at my tac and i am do 9000 rpm going 60 mph and for some reason turning on to a main street it likes to do a one wheel wonder

**68 Stepside** · 11-05-2002, 07:57 PM

As far as your horn goes, it's probably either the horn button, or the wire grounding out. The brake light deal is in your turn signal switch. If you have someone stand behind the truck, while you have the brakes applied, and wiggle the lever around, I'll bet the problem goes away.

TJ

**COBALT** · 11-05-2002, 07:59 PM

Mine's tried to piss tranny fluid at me for over a year now. No worries though. I'm about to fix that.

Longhorn Man · 11-05-2002, 11:12 PM

My turn signal does the exact same thing. I have found that on mine, there is a small spot in the turn signal travel that the brake light and turn signal will work.
I call it personality...carizma even.

GMC71k20 · 11-05-2002, 11:15 PM

my back up light wouldnt shut off whenever the key was on, spent an hour chasing wires and then realized when i hit the aux tank switch(camper cab) the lights went out. old owner musta wired it up like that. its great cuz whenever someones on my ass il just turn on my back ups and hit them in the face

oldcarbuff · 11-05-2002, 11:35 PM

I had a vw beetle that did that horn trick. Honked whenever you turned the wheel a little to the left. Turned out to be a crack in the insulation for the wire leading up through the steering column to the horn button.

Several years later, the horn rusted off the car. Fell right onto the street and I ran over it.

OCB

Hooter · 11-06-2002, 02:23 AM

I keep on wearing out U joints, putting gas in it and replacing the rear tires. Isnt that wierd?

yellowgmc · 11-06-2002, 02:27 AM

mine's lazy. won't take me anywhere. weeeeeell we'll fix that soon. (evil bad guy laugh)

Patrick Sullivan · 11-06-2002, 03:36 AM

Mine's sneaky.. it'll run for months without a single problem, and make you think it's reliable.. and then, BAM! It'll break down in the middle of nowhere. For no apparent reason at all.

11-05-2002, 07:39 PM	#1
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	My truck is weird... It has this strange habit of suddenly blaring the horn while I am turning a corner lately. I take off the wheel, remount the wheel, and the problem goes away- for a while. It also has this weird thing where the left brake light turns off when the right turn signal is appled. Anybody else have trucks with their own personalities? __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500

11-05-2002, 07:51 PM	#3
bad 71 chevy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Omaha NE 68122 Posts: 637	Mine does that same thing with the horn also mine likes to put my tac setting on a 4 cylender so i looik down at my tac and i am do 9000 rpm going 60 mph and for some reason turning on to a main street it likes to do a one wheel wonder __________________ 71 Chevy C/10 lwb 350 5 speed nv3500 3.73 rear end 2.5" Front Drop and 4" in the back Edelbrock perfomer rpm manifold Edelbrock 600 cfm carb Headmen headers

11-05-2002, 07:57 PM	#4
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,692	As far as your horn goes, it's probably either the horn button, or the wire grounding out. The brake light deal is in your turn signal switch. If you have someone stand behind the truck, while you have the brakes applied, and wiggle the lever around, I'll bet the problem goes away. TJ __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

11-05-2002, 07:59 PM	#5
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	Mine's tried to piss tranny fluid at me for over a year now. No worries though. I'm about to fix that. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

11-06-2002, 02:23 AM	#9
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,078	I keep on wearing out U joints, putting gas in it and replacing the rear tires. Isnt that wierd? __________________ MEMBER DISCS UP FRONT CLUB 69 custom camper/cst 10 70 monte carlo 383 stroker with a 700r4 77 fully loaded silverado (back in the backyard for a little while longer) 1980 BMW 320i (back in the garage finally) 1981 f@*d f150 4x4 (Robert red ford) tried to kill me 1972 Honda ct 90 trailbike Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com AC/DC RULES!!! First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

11-05-2002, 07:43 PM	#2
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,403	Yup, mine trys to do doughnuts when I stand on the throttle

11-05-2002, 11:12 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	My turn signal does the exact same thing. I have found that on mine, there is a small spot in the turn signal travel that the brake light and turn signal will work. I call it personality...carizma even.

11-05-2002, 11:15 PM	#7
GMC71k20 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: mass Posts: 1,277	my back up light wouldnt shut off whenever the key was on, spent an hour chasing wires and then realized when i hit the aux tank switch(camper cab) the lights went out. old owner musta wired it up like that. its great cuz whenever someones on my ass il just turn on my back ups and hit them in the face

11-05-2002, 11:35 PM	#8
oldcarbuff Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Muncie, IN U.S.A. Posts: 60	I had a vw beetle that did that horn trick. Honked whenever you turned the wheel a little to the left. Turned out to be a crack in the insulation for the wire leading up through the steering column to the horn button. Several years later, the horn rusted off the car. Fell right onto the street and I ran over it. OCB

11-06-2002, 02:27 AM	#10
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	mine's lazy. won't take me anywhere. weeeeeell we'll fix that soon. (evil bad guy laugh) __________________ Member of the Discs Up Front Club 1972 GMC 1500 1994 F-150 XL 4x4 Tact is for people not whitty enough to be sarcastic

11-06-2002, 03:36 AM	#11
Patrick Sullivan Transcendental Trucker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Rockaway Beach, OR Posts: 374	Mine's sneaky.. it'll run for months without a single problem, and make you think it's reliable.. and then, BAM! It'll break down in the middle of nowhere. For no apparent reason at all. __________________ Patrick Sullivan \| sullivan@oregoncoast.com Rockaway Beach, Oregon 1972 Chevy Cheyenne C-20 1998 Dodge Dakota 4x4 So, fill to me the parting glass And drink a health whate'er befalls... Then gently rise and softly call Goodnight and joy be to you all!



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