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Anyone have a suggestion on getting more power to the horn(s)? I removed one horn hoping to get the remaining one to work but it just groans a bit. It works great when jumped directly to the battery. I have cleaned all contacts and replaced some of the wires, the ones that go to the horn directly. Any suggestions?

Jeffreyt
1987 Paso

Put in a relay.
That's how it is in almost any car, and most motorcycles.

Cheers, Phil

Some horns have a small screw on the back of them that can be tweeked to "tune " the horn , but if yours goes ok when wired to the battery ckeck that it is earthed properly and also check the voltage to the horn , if there is not enough volts you are better off finding the problem and sorting it than just chucking a relay at it , which may well get the horn going but you are only hiding the problem which may well come back when the relay starts to not work .Having said that I have a relay on mine and there is a BF set of air horns ready to be bolted on ( if I face them directly forwards they will add to the braking in an emergency)....... I once ( when young and impressionable ) had an electric compressor ( 120 psi ) , a pressure tank ( old Freon cylinder ) , electric air valve and 4 sets ( 12 horns ) of horns on my car , scared the shit outa heaps of people but then the cops made me dismantle them on the side of the road...... good times

Thanks for the two horny guys. I'll look into the relay but I think the problem may be in the switch.

Jeffreyt wrote:Thanks for the two horny guys. I'll look into the relay but I think the problem may be in the switch.

Probly a bit of corrosion on the contacts ..... hot tip ... get a big plastic bag and put switch assy in bag and dismantle inside bag , there is nothing worse than a spring loaded something wizzin' past your ear, more than once I have vacuumed the garage floor and then gone thru the dust bag looking for bits

I "fixed" mine with one of these:



Much louder than the stocker and fits right in the same place. Liked it so much I put one my Monster too, and that one was working fine ...

more than once I have vacuumed the garage floor and then gone thru the dust bag looking for bits

+ a least a dozen times still looking for an ECM rubber mount