Re: Mounting Hella air horns

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>]

At 15:36 10.08.98 -0500, Hussey, Dan wrote:

>But, I will figure out how to get it off the car if I have to break it
>off (always option B).  My real question is about the wiring.  Has
>anyone put these on thier Audi, and how did the wiring work?  
>
>There are two horns on the car now (FIAMM) and the power runs directly
>to the horn.  The new one goes through a relay and powers only the air
>compressor.  Hmmm?  Should I just run new wires, or can I use the
>existing wiring?  Any help appreciated.

I've put air horns on my 5KT (not Hellas though, a cheap Italian ones)
using the stock wiring. The horns are fed through a relay from factory and
the wiring seems up to the task of powering the air compressor. 
If you are going to mount the air compressor low, just next to the horns,
check if the air inlet of the compressor has any kind of filter preventing
dirt from being sucked inside. My compressor didn't have one and seized
immediately after first rainy day. I flushed it with Militec-1 and put a
piece of sponge over the air inlet - no problems since.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)