AHOOGA HORN REPAIR

Disassembled and repaired a 1923 Sparton Ahooga Horn

[@upsidedowndog1256]

That sounded better than the one in your A! That's cool. Got to love when things were made to be repairable.

[@hossrod]

I came down to comments to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah I agree!! The video didn't do it justice!! That thing was crazy loud!!☺

[@gwyllymsuter4551]

That sounds a lot like my wife.good job getting it going

[@simonwelch560]

Years ago I found one of those in an old shed on my grandmothers property. Fast forward 45 years and it was sitting in an outbuilding on my property covered in rust and dust. After watching this I dug it out, tried it and it worked so I now know why my grandmother kept it :)

[@805ROADKING]

That's cool!!☺

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

Pretty bad when a car horn is built better than most cars made today........

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

[@johnstrange6799]

Makes you wonder how they decided that was the sound they were after. Imagine the ones they thought sounded wrong.

[@tectalabyss]

Way to go RoadKing !! Love it. My Dad was born in 1924. Oh the story's he had to tell. Thank you Buddy. For the memories :) All my best. Bobby

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bobby!!☺

[@PennsylvaniacookingBlogspot]

I love these old horns and had never seen the inside of one before. Cool to see how it works and even better to hear it work!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Helga!! We gotta keep the past alive eh!!☺

[@gatorsworld]

Brought back memories of about 50 years ago...I was up against the same thing you did and I was just fifteen at the time and new nothing but managed to get her going.....I was all excited and it ran for about 10m years on different cars until one day....I ran her a bit hard and it was on 12 volts and she packed it in.....nice of you to be showing this......CHEERS

[@paulreft7133]

Thank you for this video! Just bought one on eBay and if it doesn't blow, I'll know what to look for!

[@MudRFunR]

I've never seen the inside of an Ahooga, thanks for sharing!

[@TheBloodBoughtServant]

Very cool dude!!

[@graymodeler]

Dive! Dive! Man that is one top drawer table cloth ta got their RK. Thanks for showing us.

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Bill, those towels are so plush the wife don't like them because they take too long to dry after washing them, when they get too dirty I'll just throw it out!! So the towels I shower with are thin ripped up crap!!☺

[@stevesutton9964]

I've always wanted to see how those horns work thanks

[@Arariel3]

Same. I have seen them before, but never opened one. I was excited to see the inside.

[@Budro4764]

I love those horns.... When I was younger I had a 63 Chevy Step side truck.... My Non'c Boy was a Bud salesman in Tennessee.... He would come back down here in South Louisiana and visit often.... He would bring us gifts from the Bud plant.... He gave me a Bud horn for my truck.... The one that had the melody....... When you say Budweiser you said it all.... I wish I still had that horn now ~!~~!

[@not2fast4u2c]

Great repair video on how they work.... It's always fun to hear one of those horns

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@betosky51]

Thats a real Sounds that I like same as those vintage cars aro une 30s😊

[@armyvet4081]

I have been useing ceral boxes for gaskets for decades and have never had a problem with anything.

[@volvo09]

Jerome Cook I even have a cereal box / beer box gasket as the exhaust manifold gasket on my string trimmer! I expected it to last long enough to get a real gasket in the mail, but this will be it's 3rd season! It doesn't see tons of use, but I go through a few tanks of fuel each year.

[@aserta]

That paper is probably better than most store bought generic gaskets since it's meant to keep all moisture out of the product. If you get the waxed type (Nestle and some others still have them) those are really worth keeping on for finer machinery where you don't just put any gasket on.

[@junkyardboost8372]

Jerome Cook I fixed a leaking RC engine with one onetime. It lasted a few tanks of fuel! I think the methanol and nitro eventually took a tole on it though.

[@aserta]

1923 holly hollies, that's old and such good nick, too. Nice job RK, she deserved the treatment. Digging the brass shell poker ;)

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Mate!!☺

[@thomasadrian9854]

RK- not bad for a 5 spot at a swap meet!! Nice job!!

[@edd6113]

One way to remember is Commutator "communicates" electricity to the motor through the brushes, armature has "arms" to hold the windings. Unless im wrong, then don't remember it that way!

[@TheBloodBoughtServant]

I remember it as having very low deep loud sound....my brothers friends had them.

[@artistben7]

Nicely done my Friend 805ROADKING. Very exciting to see a 1923 Ahooga horn work again.👍👍👍👍👍

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Buddy!!☺

[@HockeyPlayoffRun]

I had absolutely no idea that that was how those worked, thanks that was really cool.

[@aleblanc3547]

The best part for me was seeing how those things are made, Roadking. There wasn't much to it you know, and I'm glad it came back without major surgery. :>)

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah it's nice to get something that just needs a little cleaning once in a while!!☺

[@Goregoonswasteofspace]

All this time I thought those things were pushing out air. Thanks for the tear down.

[@noneck3099]

Got one in my Morris commercial truck, sounding a bit sick, thanks for the insight!

[@benlogicfactsshapiro]

These thing’s are invincible.

[@G16Rof]

Fantastic great job Roadking👌

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@MalcOfLincoln]

Bought a new one for the Nuffield...bit of fun at shows. Last year it packed up. Took it off and cleaned it so threw it on the Clio. Packed up again, windings had rusted out. As I had wired the button, bought another. Cheap and nasty nowadays. First one I had was years ago on my Mini. It came from a pea viner. They fitted them as an alarm but did away with them so I got a freebee.

[@MikeMayeran]

Good job, Sounds great.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Mike!!☺

[@1crazynordlander]

My sister needed to haul some furniture to her nurses training school in Minneapolis so our dad let her drive his new 67 Ford F250 pickup with the 4 speed. It had an Ahooga Horn that my dad got for selling seed corn. She told us that she and a bunch of nurses drove around downtown Minneapolis honking that Ahooga horn. She said besides the front seat having four of her friends in it there were about six more nurses standing and hanging on in the pickup-truck box. I don't think she could get by with that today.

[@805ROADKING]

They would all be in jail today!!☺

[@davidhamm5626]

They are called Klaxon horns.😀

[@rogeroconnor5182]

restored plenty of old car horns when i was doing the auto restoration gig. you should put that on your lawn mower ,lol. 5 bucks was a steal,great find

[@davidpayton8336]

Well that was fun to watch. Now my 26 Model T didn't have an AHOOGA horn. The T's horn was like an electro magnet rod that would beat on the drum back & forth and make a rather throaty kind of sound so they didn't have that little electric motor like on the Model As. Thanks so much for spending the time to make the video and I subscribed to your channel. :-)

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks alot Dave!! We appreciate you watching and subbing!!☺

[@chuckhaynes6458]

I really enjoy your videos. For gaskets like that I've used file folders with good success.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Chuck!! Yeah I agree, file folders work great!!☺

[@mjmcomputers]

You gave her some Wheaties and she came back to life, Nice job!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@nashguy207]

Great Job Buddy sounds like new. First time I have ever seen inside one. Thanks for sharing. You need to get a cover for that beautiful car to keep the dust and dirt off it while its inside. Have a great day God Bless!!!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bob!! You have a great day also!!☺

[@victorbitter583]

Top job mate. What a beauty. That sounds better than the one in the coupe now. cheers.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Mate!! yeah it does sound better!!☺

[@peteruppert9019]

That was a nice job good video

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@1crazynordlander]

We are going to to start calling you Mr. Gasket!

[@805ROADKING]

Lol!! That's cool, I've been called worse!!☺

[@davidthehillbilly7995]

Sounds better than the one on the coupe....

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah I agree!! The video didn't do it justice!! That thing was crazy loud!!☺

[@joeo1352]

That’s cool You got me looking at horns

[@nickboivin949]

Nice Find and fix sounds great keep up the good work RoadKing.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@ShirleySmith]

That is so cool, thumbs up 😊👍 and full view.

[@Ucceah]

what a great tone, she sings like an angel! maybe an angel of imminent doom, but still an angel.

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

You keep fixing these cool things and yur going to put me out of business ..LOL.. AWESOME FIX KING !!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Mate!! We gotta keep the past alive!!☺

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

Cool! I always wanted to know how they worked, thanks : )

[@adrianryan1975]

We call it a claxton

[@techguy3507]

Or Klaxon

[@kriswright1022]

Almost century old, and it works!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

[@happyirishman4683]

Make a Door Bell for Mike out of it .

[@Arariel3]

Just brilliant!

[@prieten49]

Resurrected from the dead! Good job! (Not that I would know how to fix something like that) It sounds great too.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@diydarkmatter]

very cool big buddy very very cool . glad you fixed it to much history being thrown out or beat on to be turned into something worthless . god bless ya

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Lil' Buddy!! I hate throwing shit out that was made with Pride!!☺

[@dl87z28]

Love these. I have a Klaxton from a Model A ford on my 2016 Chevy 2500HD. Put a dropping transformer on it for 12 Volt operation and it sounds perfect. The new cheapo ones you can buy just don't sound right.

[@clauslundberg9224]

Really nice fix. Thanks for sharing

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@juicebox-autoworks4996]

just a clean fixes everything! keep the videos coming buddy :D AHOOGA!!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@ddocspeck]

Well done !

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@mr.c6383]

Definitely worth a complete restore with paint & brushes

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

[@MrHevyshevy]

A resounding success. I’d say.

[@805ROADKING]

Re-Sounding!! Brilliant Mate!! Thanks for stopping by!!☺

[@phantombrakeman4983]

I want one of those for my van!

[@TheFurriestOne]

That's a strong ol' horn! Good deal!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

[@swagpillage1917]

Cool horn

[@vida22aj]

Awesome Sauce RoadKing!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@karynfelix-the-Cat]

The flat piece is a diaphragm.. LOL! Great horn! Glad you were able to get it Ahhhh-oooooga-ing! Thanks! Karyn and Toy Man Dale :D :D

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Karyn!!☺

[@Gräsklipparmarodören]

Great success! i have one of those reproductions, love the sound of it.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@robertschilling3308]

Pretty sure that horn is 6 volt. The other screw adjusts the tension on the rotator. Back it off to release some load due to dirt and such. I have a 12v model...been working for me for 50 years. Good luck. Btw...that big screw adjusts volumne of the horn.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@zrkn1]

2 Thumbs Up for that baby. Very Nice

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@twocvbloke]

Sounds like you got the horn there bud... :P

[@Leigh_Leigh]

Great Job ROADKING!!!!! You're as handy as a pocket on a shirt.🙂

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Leigh!! Ya can't beat that eh!!☺

[@SlickD217]

Man that sounds perfect

[@MrPalvis]

Nice video 👍

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@GasNBullets]

Allways wondered about the mechanism of an oogah horn... Now I know...

[@wolvenar]

Nice job

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@DoRC]

It seems based on the sawtooth profile of the cam wheel on the motor that it would matter which way it was hooked up.

[@user-fu7qg8mq5v]

bead blast & some costom made brushes &rustoleum as good as new

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Sounds great, EJ!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks George!!☺

[@jonas2431]

Beautiful

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@motoforlyfe]

Smoke test 1...holy s***!!! 😆😆😆

[@steveskouson9620]

Junior Dirt Bike, if you let the "magic smoke" out, it won't work. Great work, Everett! You can sell it for $105, and make a cool hundred. steve

[@MrThisIsMeToo]

Enough of this.

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Very similar to the one I restored a few years back.

[@johnstrange6799]

A little one would be good on Goofy.

[@805ROADKING]

I think I remember that, geez that had to be about 5 years ago eh!!☺

[@skycarl]

Remember when you could order those horns from the " J C Whitney" catalog back in the 60's ?

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

[@RustyGlovebox]

Now that is really cool.

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

[@radracer2033]

I've got a similar sort of horn but it's actually a hand cranked gas attack siren from WWI. They had to make it sound different from the air raid sirens so it sounds pretty much like one of these horns

[@805ROADKING]

They're pretty cool!!☺

[@MrVailtown]

Made a old mans day

[@RantJamz]

much love to your channel!

[@Ecksterphono]

The stator floats a bit. There's an adjustment, that's why the brushes are harder material because graphite brushes would chip because the klaxon horn vibrates so much.

[@PUPPYBONZ]

Thanks-I have an old one in my garage that makes crappy noise/I'll have to take it apart and check it out.

[@GuntersGarage]

I had no idea how they worked. I never bothered to take mine apart in fear of messing something up. It works but half the speed of yours.

[@movingforward6099]

awesome!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@brianrb84]

Ha ha I loved this video Roadking, keep 'em coming!

[@jedk9523]

helpful for rebuilding

[@kevinhealy3479]

Lovin it

[@Arariel3]

Moment I heard the "Holy !#@!" I had to laugh. Yep yep.

[@jeep2003]

Intresting. Iv got one of those and wondered how it made the sound

[@krazziee2000]

very cool

[@waynecreech]

way to go!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@ben-jd8kk]

Very nice roadking

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Bud!!☺

[@Goomer]

Success!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

[@Zantrop64]

Ahooga... Best word to describe this. Could you try changing the voltage to change the pitch?

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah that and the adjusting screw on the back change the tone!!☺

[@Zantrop64]

805ROADKING ok Nice :)

[@WallysPlace66]

Wow... loud and clear.

[@benpierre2435]

Sweet !

[@gmcnewlook]

That’d make for a good alarm clock that’s for sure 😉

[@allenmckinney9533]

gmcnewlook ya wire it to a blinker and a timer and there ya go.

[@johnjohn4465]

LOVE My Dremil !!!!!