Same question as the hood spring, only horns

[Andy69]

Both of my horns are bad. I managed a pathetic little beep out of one once, but all I hear now is the relay. It doesn't look like I can take the horns apart easily to repair them

And of course, reproduction horns are assinine, and people want almost as much for used ones. I can get newer plastic replacements for newer cars for a much more reasonable cost. Any reason these wouldn't work if I could find one that didn't sound like a stupid compact car horn? Anyone maybe already figured this one out?

 

[kmakar]

Even some of the new plastic ones song wimpy. Personally I'd just buy a used one so (for the lack of a better way of saying it) the car doesn't sound like a pussy.

In an old Chevrolet truck ('80 pickup) I had I even put in an old Ford horn from a E150. Can't stand little pussy horns in an American made truck or classic.

 

[Andy69]

Got a cheap set from EBay, $28 shipped.

Don’t sound exactly like the old ones but are pretty good

 

[Shovelrick]

A few yrs ago I went to the local Pick & Pull and found an older GM and pulled what looked closest to 68-72 A body horns, last year I took them ( Hi/Lo) off to put the Vintage Air cond in and now neither one of them work so back to the P&P for some more, maybe Ford truck horns would be better since I Really Like blowing the horn at Idiots , Yelling out the windows OK to

 

[77cruiser]

Have you taken the cover off of the relay to check it? Had the same thing on my Monte for many years, only a beep. Cleaned the points on the relay & it works.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

Spray PB Blaster in them and let them soak. Use a battery and apply power, they may come around. It has worked for me.

Also check out: https://www.carhornrestoration.com/

 

[kmakar]

Got a cheap set from EBay, $28 shipped.

Don’t sound exactly like the old ones but are pretty good

It works, and that's good enough.