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Old May 11, 2011 | 10:26 AM
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air horn question

I have one of those air horns from pepboys and i am trying to hook it up to my stock horn button. has anyone done this? and if so how??
thanks,tim
 
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Old May 11, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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I have air horns on my 92, but I ran them to a seperate switch, since the stock horn didn't work when I got the truck.
It seems feasable to me if you ran your compressor wire to the stock horn, put a spade terminal on it then unplug the wire from the horn, and plug the new wire into the stock wire. In theory it should blow the air horns, just like it did the stock horn when you pressed the button.
 
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Old May 11, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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I tried that. for some reason it didnt work. i read something about hooking it took the stock horn relay? does anyone know where that is?
 
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Old May 11, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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Does it pull more amps than the stock horn? Probably. I'd wire up a separate relay and then make the stock horn wire activate the relay.
 
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That's what I am trying to figure out how to do. I already have a relay hooked up to the air horn. I just can't figure out what to hook it to or where anything is.
 
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Old May 11, 2011 | 08:56 PM
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You just need constant power from the battery, ground, and the stock horn wire should activate the relay.
And ground the new horns. Disconnect the stock horns.

Do you need a diagram for the relay?
 
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