General Mcgregor
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Finally got around to a mod I have wanted to do for a while.
A few years ago I installed a Grover truck horn under the heater, worked pretty well but I had it rigged to manual valve with a pull cable that was prone to failure and freeze ups. Well I finally bought a 24V electric solenoid and got it hooked up. I didn't want a second horn button but I also wanted to keep my stock horn functional, so I wired up a selector switch so I could choose which horn is sounded when the button is pressed. Real easy mod, since the solenoids are being switched at the ground end I simply had to run a dedicated hot to the new solenoid and then just run both grounds to either side of the switch. Horn button wire comes off the center of the SPDT toggle switch. No modification to the stock harness, just unplugged where the horn button wire comes out of the steering box and plugged in my new wires.
See the video, sorry it's so short but my neighbor had company and I didn't want to be too obnoxious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5KEwR72cmc
A few years ago I installed a Grover truck horn under the heater, worked pretty well but I had it rigged to manual valve with a pull cable that was prone to failure and freeze ups. Well I finally bought a 24V electric solenoid and got it hooked up. I didn't want a second horn button but I also wanted to keep my stock horn functional, so I wired up a selector switch so I could choose which horn is sounded when the button is pressed. Real easy mod, since the solenoids are being switched at the ground end I simply had to run a dedicated hot to the new solenoid and then just run both grounds to either side of the switch. Horn button wire comes off the center of the SPDT toggle switch. No modification to the stock harness, just unplugged where the horn button wire comes out of the steering box and plugged in my new wires.
See the video, sorry it's so short but my neighbor had company and I didn't want to be too obnoxious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5KEwR72cmc
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