Air Horn Setup

[Anthony DeVor]

Has anyone put an actual air horn setup on their expy? Meaning air compressor, tank, and horns? If so what brand and how did you set it up meaning placement and all. Thanks


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[justinp16ex]

Has anyone put an actual air horn setup on their expy? Meaning air compressor, tank, and horns? If so what brand and how did you set it up meaning placement and all. Thanks


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Rock Auto

 

[Anthony DeVor]

I know - I am looking to do an air horn setup like from hornblasters.


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[justinp16ex]

I know - I am looking to do an air horn setup like from hornblasters.


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Ahhhh, you're trying to frighten children. Gotcha

 

[Anthony DeVor]

No - set idiot drivers straight and keep them in THEIR lane moreso but then yea the occasional horn scare


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[justinp16ex]

No - set idiot drivers straight and keep them in THEIR lane moreso but then yea the occasional horn scare


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Idiot drivers are broken,dysfunctional people who can not be fixed

 

[Anthony DeVor]

True but it keeps them out of my lane and out of the way


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[Trainmaster]

On one truck I had a Grover compressor, which is what's used on many fire trucks. It's the real deal, very nice stuff that's American made and pretty pricey. Its crankcase is oil filled and it lasts. I found it on ebay.

I had it piped to a wonderful and haunting Nathan K5H horn a locomotive. You can imagine where that came from. Nice setup with a manual valve that could throttle the air.

There's a lot of Chinese garbage out there. You get what you pay for. Either pay a small fortune for real stuff or find it very used for still a high price or buy cheap crap.

On a first generation Expedition, the pump was under the hood and the trumpets were separated behind the bumper. The tank was on the frame rail.

Really a beautiful note. You could really hear it for miles.

 

[Anthony DeVor]

On one truck I had a Grover compressor, which is what's used on many fire trucks. It's the real deal, very nice stuff that's American made and pretty pricey. Its crankcase is oil filled and it lasts. I found it on ebay.

I had it piped to a wonderful and haunting Nathan K5H horn a locomotive. You can imagine where that came from. Nice setup with a manual valve that could throttle the air.

There's a lot of Chinese garbage out there. You get what you pay for. Either pay a small fortune for real stuff or find it very used for still a high price or buy cheap crap.

On a first generation Expedition, the pump was under the hood and the trumpets were separated behind the bumper. The tank was on the frame rail.

Really a beautiful note. You could really hear it for miles.

Do you happen to have any pics from your setup? I can only imagine how loud it was


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[Trainmaster]

Don't have any pictures. A lot of work if you use copper tubing but simple stuff. I just found that the cheap junk out there is full of flaws. The backs blow off the plastic trumpets, the $2 relays fail and run down your battery. Chinese pumps throw their rods or explode. Just junk to keep the price down.