Wiring for a RR 'meep meep' horn
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07/21/09 06:05 PM
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I have a RR horn, it only has one prong on the back to hook a wire to. I have a button on the dash that used to be for purging nitrous, I'm gonna use that for the horn button. I figured I'd just run a power wire to the horn from the dash button but a buddy of mine thinks the RR horns had to have some special relay to work properly.
How do you wire these?
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Re: Wiring for a RR 'meep meep' horn
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07/21/09 06:25 PM
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Very cool idea! I've been thinking of making the horn buttons(not centered type) either a line lock hold or nos hold.
Didn't mean to hijack your thread. Good luck.
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Re: Wiring for a RR 'meep meep' horn
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07/21/09 07:47 PM
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The horn for the Road Runner was actuated through a relay. The relay was "closed" by completing the ground at the horn switch. That way, a higher current load could be passed through the relay instead of through the horn button, whcih would probably cause it to wear out faster.
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Re: Wiring for a RR 'meep meep' horn
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07/21/09 07:51 PM
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I took the OEM horn out of my Dad's Road Runner and put it in my Duster when I was 16.It worked fine.No special relay was made or needed for the RR horn to work.
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Re: Wiring for a RR 'meep meep' horn
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07/21/09 08:17 PM
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I took the OEM horn out of my Dad's Road Runner and put it in my Duster when I was 16.It worked fine.No special relay was made or needed for the RR horn to work.
The reason it worked in your duster is if you hooked it to the factory wiring, there ALREADY WAS a horn relay in the car.
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Re: Wiring for a RR 'meep meep' horn
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07/21/09 08:30 PM
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Ya think?? I posted because of the other posts saying a "special relay" was needed.
The way I read his post, he's saying he doesn't HAVE the factory horn wiring. Ya think?
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