looks like my 300D is ready for another horn replacement. I was all ready to buy new horns this time, but then I remembered something I have had stashed for close to ten years, so I dug around for a while and found my Hadley air horn setup.

Overkill? Maybe. I have the storage tank and compressor to go with the horns, and would only need a 12V solenoid to tie the system in to the original horn switch in the car. I think I could find the room to mount everything.

Should I do it, or is this just too ridiculous? Obviously I wouldn't be mounting the horns where they are visible.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

DO IT. I've got a bad boy waiting to go on my ride one of these days

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Ha. Sounds like my friend the other night. I tossed 90 PSI at it from the shop air line while he plugged both ears with his fingers. After the test fire he responded only with "Do it!"

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

Mount them on the rear end to wake up the one`s behind you.

I thought about a set of Kenworth horns on the trunk mounted backwards. Toot Toot....


Charlie

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2) Even less power
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Kind of wondering, where would you fit them? I recently installed a couple of horns that I got from a 2004 Range Rover, nothing too big, and I had a fine time having them fit... It's a really tight fit now and I can barely close my hood with like 1/4 inch clearance... How do you plan on gettiing those in?

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1983 Mercedes Benz 300SD - Wife calls him "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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1983 Toyota Tercel (Tommy, The little Toyota that could)
1965 Ford F100 (Grandma Ford)
2005 Toyota Sienna (Elsa, Wife's ride)


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1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
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1987 Pontiac Fiero GT

I have no idea, yet. That said, there seems to be ample room to hang the horns up and behind the front bumper on a W123 with Federal jumbo bumpers. The compressor and tank are both fairly small, and if need be I could always hang them in the trunk.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

Tank in the trunk, put in a big one so you can run an impact for maintenance

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

KAdams4458,

Too bad that your car is not a TD, as it would be fairly easy to mount the horns up on the roof rack. And Sooo appropriate. Oh well, under the hood or the bumper should work out ok.

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1961 190Db retired
1968 220D/8 325,000
1983 300D 164,150

Those aren't horns - these are horns

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!