Horn location
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From: Sin City
Horn location
Where is(are) the horn(s) located? I looked for at least ten minutes under there but no luck. No luck on the search either. Sounds as if they are coming from the passenger side inside the fender? I want to replace them with something more meaty. (Vegas traffic)
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Joined: Oct 2001
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From: Washington State
It is inside the passenger fender.
If you look behind the battery you'll see the bolt that holds it on. You'll need to remove (or at least enough to pull it back) the inner fender from underneath to access the horn.
If you look behind the battery you'll see the bolt that holds it on. You'll need to remove (or at least enough to pull it back) the inner fender from underneath to access the horn.
Tuned
Joined: Sep 2000
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From: Olympic Peninsula, WA USA
If you want meaty sound, you need air horns. I’m on my second set of Hadley Bully air horns. The first set left in my old F150 I sold. I had to have a set on my 2000 F350. Here’s the details on my install:
I wanted to mount the horns on the roof for maximum sound, but I would have a clearance problem with my slide-in camper. So I settled for behind the front license plate. It’s not quite as loud as the roof install would be, but there’s still plenty of noise. I just made a bracket to bolt them to the bumper that positions the horns behind the license plate. The compressor is mounted to a aluminum plate that’s bolted to the frame and radiator support below the battery. The air tank is on the left side of the engine compartment on a custom bracket.
I wanted the horns to run off the stock horn button, so I just tapped into the horn wire in the engine compartment. I did install two switches in the cab. One of the switches disables the air horn if I want just the factory horns. Otherwise, all horns blow together (although you can’t hear the factory ones over the Hadleys). The other switch in the cab allows me to turn the compressor off if I don’t want to listen to it run.
I wanted to mount the horns on the roof for maximum sound, but I would have a clearance problem with my slide-in camper. So I settled for behind the front license plate. It’s not quite as loud as the roof install would be, but there’s still plenty of noise. I just made a bracket to bolt them to the bumper that positions the horns behind the license plate. The compressor is mounted to a aluminum plate that’s bolted to the frame and radiator support below the battery. The air tank is on the left side of the engine compartment on a custom bracket.
I wanted the horns to run off the stock horn button, so I just tapped into the horn wire in the engine compartment. I did install two switches in the cab. One of the switches disables the air horn if I want just the factory horns. Otherwise, all horns blow together (although you can’t hear the factory ones over the Hadleys). The other switch in the cab allows me to turn the compressor off if I don’t want to listen to it run.
