Thread: Ahoohah horn

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I bought an old original 6v Ahoogah horn made by E.A. Laboratories. it's a Model S horn. at the Syracuse Nationals swap-meet.. I have 2 leads but no markings as to positive or negative? and they are both black.. being motor driven, is it still grounded to the horn body, with an extra lead, and I could ohm the wires/ body to find the neg side?

I bought it for my '51 Chevy

It's probably just a DC motor like a heater and the worse that could happen is it would run backwards.

I was thinking the same, just wanted to make sure.

I wonder if I wire it backwards It would be a gaoowah horn.. lol

If you hook it up backwards it might suck rather than blow!

I wonder if I wire it backwards It would be a gaoowah horn.. lol

Matt this brought tears from laughter best i had today Thanks

Matt
If it is made like mine it will not matter how you hook it up, I guess that is why the wires are the same color.
The one I have I had to rebuild because the truck that I got it from was 12 volts and the horn was 6 volts and they burnt the motor up.I used a 12 volt heater blower motor and put the wavy washer from the old motor on to the new one,made one small bracket put it back together and adjusted the sound screw in the bell of the horn ,set it on work bench hooked it to a battery and scared the devil out of every thing within ear shot. Man that thing was way to loud so I adjusted it down to a level I could live with.What makes the sound is that wavy washer rubbing against a pin set into the center of a metal diaphragm and vibertates it back and forth so it does not matter which way the motor turns.
Kenny
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mine is a 6v, but my car is also 6v..

I got the horn installed today. I used 2 existing holes in the inner fender, to mount an intermediate bracket that I bent up out of some flat bar I had. not wired yet, but I'm going to wire it into the existing horn circuit, and use a switch that I can mount under the hood and switch between the factory horns and the ahoogah horn, to use the factory horn ring switch

I got the horn wired in today temporary ( no selector switch for the horns yet, just the Ahoogah ).. I thought the horn was a little worn out cause I couldn't get it to sound right ( adjusting the screw on the back ).. but I was testing with the engine off.. I had gotten it to sound as good as I could get it and figured it was as good as I was going to get it.. after restarting the engine to put the car back in the garage, I tried the horn again and it sounded perfect