55 horn
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55 horn
I have a 55 Olds 88 and my horns do not work. I tried taking a wire from the battery straight to the horn itself but nothing happened. So i need to get some new horns. I've been looking around and can't find anything. Anyone know of anywhere i can find some?
Thanks for any help
Thanks for any help
#2
I don't, but be sure you have a good ground on the horns before deciding they're bad. I've used my battery charger on a horn off the car to test them and if I don't have a good contact with the negative clip it won't make a sound. John
#4
That's what I'd do. You've already run the hot wire to it and ruled out a break in the positive side. But if there's rust or corrosion interfering with the ground, you may not be catching that problem. Just a thought. John
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troberts6, If your engine is stock and a after market spin on type filter hasn't been added you can get a filter at any Napa store.I use their gold filter #1121. works for me and my 55 S88. Tedd
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Thank you Mr. Thompson.
Also, 2blu442 I tried to do what you suggested with the wiring for the horns, and I can't figure it out seeing as how there is one wire that runs from the horns to the horn relay. The shop manual I have says to take the horn apart and test it but I can't figure out what kind of screws are holding them together. There is also a selant type thing on the horns so I'm not sure if I should be messing with them untill I can find out what this stuff is.
Also, 2blu442 I tried to do what you suggested with the wiring for the horns, and I can't figure it out seeing as how there is one wire that runs from the horns to the horn relay. The shop manual I have says to take the horn apart and test it but I can't figure out what kind of screws are holding them together. There is also a selant type thing on the horns so I'm not sure if I should be messing with them untill I can find out what this stuff is.
#8
The single wire is the hot wire, and it'll have some sort of gasket around the fork. Then the housing is grounded to the car through the mounting bracket. I attached the positive clip to the fork, then the negative clip to the mounting bracket, and heard a squawk out of the horn. John
#9
The hardware on the horn body could be rivets not screws and the horns may be rusted up so they don't work. If you can find a way to disassemble them it might be worth it since you have a manual to help you out. For what it's worth, unless you are looking for all original and simply MUST have those exact horns; why not just take a trip to the local junk yard and pick up a couple from any big sedan from the sixties or seventies? Most of them had good, deep sounding horns that would be appropriate for your '55. A horn is about as generic an item as you can get, especially if you stay with a GM item and they all work on 12 volts.
#10
personally i like the nice squak that comes out of the horn on my 55. www.allamericanclassics.com has a 55 oldsmobile 4dr holiday that may have a horn, along with ebay, you see some sellers with a car that they are parting out, the horn may not be on yet, but if you shoot them an e mail they would probably post it up for you.
Good luck finding your parts
Good luck finding your parts
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