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240 horn swap gone bad 200 1983

posted by  sedan delivery on  Sat Nov 16 15:38 CST 2013
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The horn on my 1983 243 GLT was seriously wimpy sounding so I replaced them with a pair of horns of a late 90's v70 wagon. The result is very disappointing. The sound quality is very poor. Is there more I need to do other than swap in the horns.

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    240 horn swap gone bad 200 1983

    posted by  scorron on  Sat Nov 16 16:07 CST 2013
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    I don't know what a 243 GLT is, but no early '80s Volvo should have a wimpy horn. They were pretty awesome. I suspect that the contacts in the horn pad switch are corroded, causing voltage to the horn to be very low. If it were me, I would add a relay and use the steering wheel pad to ground it, sending full battery voltage to the horn via the relay.








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      240 horn swap gone bad 200 1983

      posted by  scorron on  Sat Nov 16 17:47 CST 2013
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      More accurately, the dirty contacts under the steering wheel horn pad would limit current through the horn (because I re-read my comments obsessively and notice things that could have been more clear), but the effect would be the same - weak horn. And if you installed a new horn and it is still weak, that's where I would look.








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        240 horn swap gone bad 200 1983

        posted by  starsandbars on  Sat Nov 16 18:02 CST 2013
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        Found the problem. I attached the horn not using the small metal straps that they were originally attached with. The horns did not like being fastened to tightly. I reattached them with the straps and now the horn sounds loudly. I think that I will do as some of you have suggested and use a relay triggered off the horn button that will allow me to run full battery voltage through the horns.

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