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Originally Posted by Purdy Swoft
I also use the old repro ahooga horns. most will work just as well on 12 volt and are much louder.The one on my roadster is marked 12v. I didn't like the sick cow sound of the old original horns. You could smell the smoke even on 6 volt. I also figured if I needed to use the horn as a warning, nobody would hear it. My horn is good and loud, we like it and it looks pretty close to like an original after installing a name plate. I also have an original on the shelf that works if anyone needs one, it came off a november 28 leather back fordor.
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I have three of these Western Auto horns hanging around. One came with the truck, one I picked up at a flea market and the last I bought because it was marked 12v.
Using them on 6V definitely they're different sounding. The 12V used on 6V gets the sick cow award. But I've also noticed that the horn underneath the covers are the same, but that the field winding is parallel on one (6V) and series on the other (12V)
So maybe it's possible to examine one's original or other horn and make a change in the field wiring and do away with resistors?
Maybe one of the horn rebuilders could comment? We're a pretty knowledgible crowd around here.
Joe K