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Subject:More Wiring Success
From:Bill Marshall
Date:Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:12:17 EDT

Hey all,
       After installing a relay for my driving lights successfully, I decided
to 'ride the high' and beef up my horn.  It was a sad little horn, and let
out a pitiful "mmmbbeeep-p-p" when you hit the button.  At highway speeds,
you couldn't hear it at all.
       So, I went to Discount Auto Parts and looked at what they have.  Got a
nice 130 decibel horn, under $10.  When home, put it on, and
"mmmmbbeeeeep-p-p".  A slightly different tone, but still sad.  So I tested
the old horn by hooking it up directly to the battery........   After my ears
stopped bleeding, I said to myself, "This must be a wiring problem".  Crappy
old contacts in the steering wheel and tiny wires.
       To make a short story long, I bolted BOTH horns back on, made a new
harness for them out of some stout wire, and slipped a relay in for good
measure.  Ran a 10 gauge wire up for power.  Put in the fuse and gave it a
try.

BEEEEEP!!!!

Now THAT is a horn.  I believe it is in everyone's best interest to not make
me use the horn.  A weapon of last resort.  Or, at least people will hear me
on the interstate.

Bill Marshall
85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box"
Bradenton FL

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