Roadrunner horn doesn’t meep meep

[anthony69runner]

I have 69rr I bought off a friend he has a restored horn but it doesn’t make the roadrunner sound. It’s sounds honky and hallow. I changed the horn relay and sounds the same. I tried to tune it, it does nothing. Is the horn bad.

 

[kiwigtx]

You may need to rebuild the horn..

 

[anthony69runner]

Really he never used it

 

[anthony69runner]

You may need to rebuild the horn..

Who rebuilt them.My friend can’t remember where he got it from.

 

[kiwigtx]

Who rebuilt them.My friend can’t remember where he got it from.

Someone here had a good write up with quality pictures a few years ago...can't find it right now, but someone will post here shortly I hope.

 

[khryslerkid]

Do they have a tuning screw on them? If so just try turning it one way or the other until you get the tone you want.

 

[anthony69runner]

Do they have a tuning screw on them? If so just try turning it one way or the other until you get the tone you want.

I tried that,it doesn’t tune

 

[khryslerkid]

I tried that,it doesn’t tune

Might have corrosion in it or just wasn't assembled just right.

Make sure you have it grounded good.

Buy a VW horn and paint it purple.

 

[wish4hemi]

https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/mopa...beep-beep-horn-restoration-with-photos.54143/

 

[gkent]

Buy a VW horn and paint it purple.

What model and year VW ??

 

[dadsbee]

It's just an old jeep horn when it comes right down to it.

Could be your picture angle, but is that a short arm mount vs the correct long arm. I have the same issue on my Bird, someone back in the 80's put a '71 up short arm horn on after drilling out the threads to mount it to the rad bulkhead nut. 69 / 70 use a long arm mount, just wish I'd known that before I paid $$'s for a new NOS horn that matched what I had (and then questioned the threaded hole in the arm)! Have since obtained an inop long arm horn for the arm.

 

[khryslerkid]

What model and year VW ??

I read somewhere about the VW horn sounding the same. I never related the two before but I do remember the older Beetles and they did have the "Meep" sound to them. Some even had the same type of outer cover on them IIRC.

 

[barnfind]

Lots of helpful info out there
http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/198.cfm

 

[anthony69runner]

It's just an old jeep horn when it comes right down to it.

Could be your picture angle, but is that a short arm mount vs the correct long arm. I have the same issue on my Bird, someone back in the 80's put a '71 up short arm horn on after drilling out the threads to mount it to the rad bulkhead nut. 69 / 70 use a long arm mount, just wish I'd known that before I paid $$'s for a new NOS horn that matched what I had (and then questioned the threaded hole in the arm)! Have since obtained an inop long arm horn for the arm.

Yes it’s a short arm horn. It was restored twenty years ago. My friend never installed it in the car.

 

[dadsbee]

Then it's a '71 up horn with the threads drilled out so it can bolt on like 69/70's do to the radiator support welded in nut. '71's and up use a bolt through the mounting structure into the threads on the horn arm. This is the correct horn mounting arm for '69/70 AFAIK.