ah-oh-ga horn;

Onthesauk · May 27, 2006

Highbeam,

Especially since I believe they are addressed in the WAC, not legal on the smaller trucks in our state. Been some time since I read that but think it's true. Many years ago I had a set mounted on an MGA with an airtank behind the seat.

Onthesauk · May 27, 2006

Highbeam,

Especially since I believe they are addressed in the WAC, not legal on the smaller trucks in our state. Been some time since I read that but think it's true. Many years ago I had a set mounted on an MGA with an airtank behind the seat.

tf116 · May 27, 2006

I didn't have a 6volt battery to check it on... so I tried a battery charger on 6volts and also 12 volts.....seems to just make one noise and not the ahoooooga sound....?....too much power?..using a booster type charger....same one i used to start my mf 1085....
or maybe it is out of adjustment?.....thanks again.....

tf116 · May 27, 2006

I didn't have a 6volt battery to check it on... so I tried a battery charger on 6volts and also 12 volts.....seems to just make one noise and not the ahoooooga sound....?....too much power?..using a booster type charger....same one i used to start my mf 1085....
or maybe it is out of adjustment?.....thanks again.....

Bird · May 27, 2006

( Many years ago I had a set mounted on an MGA with an airtank behind the seat. )

I had mine on my '56 Mercury Montclair convertible. They were actually vacuum instead of air pressure. I mounted the tank and horns, then put a "T" in a vacuum line and ran the line to the tank. But they sounded just like the air horns on the big rigs, and I scared, or at least startled, lots of folks, as I guess you would expect an 18 year old idiot kid to do. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif But one morning, enroute to college on a farm-to-market road, running about 60 mph, I passed an elderly gentleman in an old Ford, probably doing about 20 mph. He obviously didn't see me coming and I waited until I was about even with his back bumper before laying on those horns, then I looked in my rear view mirror and saw that he had run completely off the road, out near the fence and was slowly coming back down to the road. It's a wonder he hadn't had a heart attack, and I was very much sorry I'd done that, and I didn't ever do it again.

Bird · May 27, 2006

( Many years ago I had a set mounted on an MGA with an airtank behind the seat. )

I had mine on my '56 Mercury Montclair convertible. They were actually vacuum instead of air pressure. I mounted the tank and horns, then put a "T" in a vacuum line and ran the line to the tank. But they sounded just like the air horns on the big rigs, and I scared, or at least startled, lots of folks, as I guess you would expect an 18 year old idiot kid to do. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif But one morning, enroute to college on a farm-to-market road, running about 60 mph, I passed an elderly gentleman in an old Ford, probably doing about 20 mph. He obviously didn't see me coming and I waited until I was about even with his back bumper before laying on those horns, then I looked in my rear view mirror and saw that he had run completely off the road, out near the fence and was slowly coming back down to the road. It's a wonder he hadn't had a heart attack, and I was very much sorry I'd done that, and I didn't ever do it again.

JoshJ · May 27, 2006

( I didn't have a 6volt battery to check it on... so I tried a battery charger on 6volts and also 12 volts.....seems to just make one noise and not the ahoooooga sound....?....too much power?..using a booster type charger....same one i used to start my mf 1085....
or maybe it is out of adjustment?.....thanks again..... )

Too much amperage maybe? A booster charger puts out a lot of amps. Try maybe a few like AA or C or D (etc etc) and set em up in series (4 of em) and wire your horn to that.

JoshJ · May 27, 2006

( I didn't have a 6volt battery to check it on... so I tried a battery charger on 6volts and also 12 volts.....seems to just make one noise and not the ahoooooga sound....?....too much power?..using a booster type charger....same one i used to start my mf 1085....
or maybe it is out of adjustment?.....thanks again..... )

Too much amperage maybe? A booster charger puts out a lot of amps. Try maybe a few like AA or C or D (etc etc) and set em up in series (4 of em) and wire your horn to that.

tf116 · May 28, 2006

Thanks the group, for all the info on the ahoooga horn...(also the info on air horns(would be neat on a farm tractor!)..maybe scare off little deer laying in hay field,so don't have to worry about cutting them up.....as for ahoooga horn, will see if I can come up with a different 6volt battery, or maybe if fast, could connect to 12volt car battery.....again thanks Mike the horny dude.

tf116 · May 28, 2006

Thanks the group, for all the info on the ahoooga horn...(also the info on air horns(would be neat on a farm tractor!)..maybe scare off little deer laying in hay field,so don't have to worry about cutting them up.....as for ahoooga horn, will see if I can come up with a different 6volt battery, or maybe if fast, could connect to 12volt car battery.....again thanks Mike the horny dude.