Volusiano
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I finished installing the Stebel Compact air horn (same one Randy bought). Just want to drop a few tips here to share from my experience with rookie mistakes. I managed to drop the nut and bolt that came with the horn while trying to put it on (very easy to drop those), and the nut fell into the radiator well. Once it's fallen in there, it's very hard to get out. Took me a LONG time to try to get it out. Finally the thing that worked was to have it seen in between the 2 layers of radiator, then put in a long skinny stick with a big glob of duct tape at the end to stick to it and fish it out. To prevent this in the first place, maybe line the bottom with a sheet and cover up the radiator so the nut can't fall into its cracks in the first place.
You better have a different, stronger bracket for the Stebel horn ready, because the OEM bracket is very flimsy. I got lucky I found something in my garage to use. But I wasn't prepared at all with a new/good bracket. If you don't have your own custom bracket, there's actually a nearby bracket built-in just to the right and a little bit more to the front that's part of the Nissan chassis. You can try to see if that one is usable for your horn or not. It wasn't usable for me because the hole is too small for the bolt I need for my horn.
After installing the horn, I tried it out and only got the high tone. I had to read the manual again and it says the horn must be within 15 degrees of being vertical. So I kinda had to straighten it out by force on the bracket. But after it's kinda straight enough, then I got both the low tone and high tone.
You better have a different, stronger bracket for the Stebel horn ready, because the OEM bracket is very flimsy. I got lucky I found something in my garage to use. But I wasn't prepared at all with a new/good bracket. If you don't have your own custom bracket, there's actually a nearby bracket built-in just to the right and a little bit more to the front that's part of the Nissan chassis. You can try to see if that one is usable for your horn or not. It wasn't usable for me because the hole is too small for the bolt I need for my horn.
After installing the horn, I tried it out and only got the high tone. I had to read the manual again and it says the horn must be within 15 degrees of being vertical. So I kinda had to straighten it out by force on the bracket. But after it's kinda straight enough, then I got both the low tone and high tone.