Took the Grover off and took it in my shop and did some testing. It needs 80 psi to sound right.
Took it apart and the spring on the diaphram was rusted bad.
Cleaned it up,Cut just a little of the spring off to lower the tension.
Installed it back on the truck and it sounds good!
I ordered a rebuild kit for it for 9 bucks also just so i can play with spring tension a little more.
It actually gave it a deeper tone too.
Good old Ebay!
ProStar air horn question, Heavy-D?
Discussion in 'International Forum' started by EZ Money, Aug 7, 2012.
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Cool! I hope you can get it to work!
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Can we get a how2 EZ? I want a new horn. This one just SUCKS. I want to be able to scare 4-wheelers at a RR crossing.
" ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNN"
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The only thing inside this horn was the thin metal disc and a spring.
The tension on the spring determines when the disc opens under pressure so i shaved a little of the spring off on the bench grinder.
I played with air pressure from 60 to a 100 psi.
It first took about 85 to 90 psi to sound right but after the spring mod it works from 60 to 150 psi.
The more air the louder it gets.
The rebuild kit was 9 bucks on Ebay so i have it coming to do more testing and tweaking...lol.
Right now it does work with the stock air supply from the truck.Deep tone and pretty loud.
This is an older model Grover with a 24 inch bell.
I get this down good i may have to build a few for our other trucks.
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I know this thread is old, but this brings up a point. Where is the city horn located at and can it be swapped out for a bit louder one?
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Horn is located on the underside of the front cross member. You can install any 12 volt horn you want. The body controller supplies 12 volts to the horn. A louder horn may use more amperage and the body controller may detect that and fault the circuit, but that can be adjusted in the programming.
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Thanks heavy. I thought that was where the air horn was located. Figured city horn would be mounted higher. Found the air horn on the cross member. Air is loud (would be nice to be a bit louder but right now will suffice.). City horn sounds quieter than a four wheeler horn though.
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New units have a horn like a Volkswagon, LOL!
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