changing horn, 99 Ram

From : sarge

Q: ive got a 99 ram 1500 that i want to change the horn on. i got an air horn and cant figure out why the damn thing wont work. on the old horns there are 2 sets of wires 1 for each horn. i tried just connecting the one set of wires to the air compressor wont work. i tried tying the wires in together wont work. anyone have any ideas .

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From : roy

ive got a 99 ram 1500 that i want to change the horn on. i got an air horn and cant figure out why the damn thing wont work. on the old horns there are 2 sets of wires 1 for each horn. i tried just connecting the one set of wires to the air compressor wont work. i tried tying the wires in together wont work. anyone have any ideas maybe try running a air line to the horns roy .

From : sarge

im not stupid. the compressor will not turn on when the button is pressed. on fri 31 mar 2006 124617 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote ive got a 99 ram 1500 that i want to change the horn on. i got an air horn and cant figure out why the damn thing wont work. on the old horns there are 2 sets of wires 1 for each horn. i tried just connecting the one set of wires to the air compressor wont work. i tried tying the wires in together wont work. anyone have any ideas maybe try running a air line to the horns roy .

From : geekboy

ive got a 99 ram 1500 that i want to change the horn on. i got an air horn and cant figure out why the damn thing wont work. on the old horns there are 2 sets of wires 1 for each horn. i tried just connecting the one set of wires to the air compressor wont work. i tried tying the wires in together wont work. anyone have any ideas i used some wire clips instead of cutting the wires in case i ever wanted to replace the oem horns. try grounding directly to the body of the truck. i think that is what i did. i got one due to too many idiot drivers who like to cut you off and i wanted some more horn power to honk at these fools. in any event i would not install a air horn like the one you are installing. i installed one of them with a in-line fuse in from the battery to the unit. one day i went shopping for 1/2 hour and came out and saw smoke coming from my truck. the thing had caught on fire. good thing i had an extingusher in the truck fuse did not even blow. *** free account sponsored by secureix.com *** *** encrypt your internet usage with a free vpn account from http//www.secureix.com *** .

From : tom lawrence

ive got a 99 ram 1500 that i want to change the horn on. i got an air horn and cant figure out why the damn thing wont work. on the old horns there are 2 sets of wires 1 for each horn. i tried just connecting the one set of wires to the air compressor wont work. i tried tying the wires in together wont work. anyone have any ideas take power from terminal #87 of the horn relay in the pdc. this will be hot when the horn button is pressed. it should go without saying but the other side of the compressor is grounded yes .

From : geekboy

ive got a 99 ram 1500 that i want to change the horn on. i got an air horn and cant figure out why the damn thing wont work. on the old horns there are 2 sets of wires 1 for each horn. i tried just connecting the one set of wires to the air compressor wont work. i tried tying the wires in together wont work. anyone have any ideas take power from terminal #87 of the horn relay in the pdc. this will be hot when the horn button is pressed. it should go without saying but the other side of the compressor is grounded yes i had one of those horns. there are 2 wires per horn with 2 horns under the hood. i think i had the same problem. i ended up grounding to the frame of the truck *** free account sponsored by secureix.com *** *** encrypt your internet usage with a free vpn account from http//www.secureix.com *** .