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alvinator · Post by **alvinator** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:29 pm

I have a set of air horns off a diesel train and I am looking at putting them on the 68. I was thinking about taping into the wire for the main horn and putting in a toggle switch so that I could switch between the two horns, do you see any problems with doing this?

Billybobjunky · Post by **Billybobjunky** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:43 pm

as far as I see, nope. Long as all either horn needs to run is straight charge, there wont be any problems with splitting it between whichever you want for the moment. Should be fine.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:52 pm

how much voltage do they pull.

68F250 · Post by **68F250** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:07 pm

Train horns? How wimpy! You need one of these, yeah it's got a hemi.

Post by **FORDification** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:33 pm

I'm thinking with something that big you might want to install those with a relay, depending on how much juice they'd need. (I'm talking about the train horns, BTW. Barry's air-raid siren looks to be fully self-contained.)

That air-raid siren would be the perfect way to get the point across to tail-gaters, wouldn't it? Just load it into the back of your truck facing rearward, and then let 'er rip....it would probably peel the paint off the hood of the guy behind you, though!

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:24 pm

that thing look like it spins. you could peel paint on all four sides of you.

Yota · Post by **Yota** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:13 am

man, that thing is a beast...
alvinator, i put a air horn from a big rig on my toyota with a switch like you described, so i could switch between the air horn and stock horn. no problems whatsoever, it worked great.

Big D's 69 · Post by **Big D's 69** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:09 am

68F250 wrote:Train horns? How wimpy! You need one of these, yeah it's got a hemi.

Now that is a horn.

fourtss · Post by **fourtss** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:24 am

kool all u need is a trailor to tote it around on

capeclassics · Post by **capeclassics** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:22 pm

I wonder if there's a jack for an IPod on that Air Raid Siren.....hmmmm.

bleedfordblue · Post by **bleedfordblue** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:26 pm

wait a minute... how does an air horn run on an electrical circuit??? big trucks have engine driven air compressors. you will have to find a small electric compressor to run an air horn.

alvinator · Post by **alvinator** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:46 pm

not necessary, i was thinking about putting the tank on the frame and just fill it up every so often rather than putting a pump on the truck.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:41 pm

you could get one of those tire compressors that plugs into the cigarette lighter.

Yota · Post by **Yota** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:59 am

i put together an on board air setup and used a York a/c compressor from a Volvo, and it's set up to pump air instead of freon. so it's engine driven, and FAST. i have a 3 gallon tank mounted under the bed of the Toyota, and the compressor will fill the whole system (tank, lines, etc..) from 0-100 psi in about 30 seconds with the engine at 2000 rpm.
then i have an electric over air solenoid on the air horn, and the electric curcuit only controls which horn gets the juice when i hit the button.

bleedfordblue · Post by **bleedfordblue** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:40 am

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