About three years ago I acquired my fourth member of my 924 family. A very nice Garnet Red coloured 924s and my third '87. One of the many things that sealed the deal was the presence of many of those things that are usually first to go; namely, original keyed lug nut locks, still visible jacking point markers on the rocker panels, and absolutely perfect black leather seats. Perhaps the best was the safety kit stored inside the spare tire. Yup, there's the rain poncho, sign, gloves and more (I think).
What I discovered today while attending to the electrical hookup for the horn as a result of installing a steering wheel quick release came as a surprise and, I have to say, was really kind of interesting. Rather than the typical horn, the car came with a FIAMM Type M/O series 3000 air horn.
With a new switch in place I got to see what it sounded like and it wasn't impressive. In fact, it sounded a lot like what you hear from someone learning to play a brass instrument for the first time.
My first thought was to replace the relay and clean the electrical contacts. No change unfortunately. But when I hooked the air compressor directly to the battery it not only worked but woke up the dead!!!
Has anyone an idea why the regular route (relay with fuse) doesn't produce the same results? I'd like to keep this setup in the car even though it isn't listed a build option.
Thanks.