Train Horn On A Van! DJ Luna's Nathan Airchime K5LA Air Horn Demo.

I bought the horns from someone that I used to work with back in 1998. He had them sitting in the trunk of his Volvo for the an unknown amount of time. When I bought my Aerostar Mini-Van, I decided to customize the van. I was at a function being hosted by my job and was talking about adding a set of these air horns to my van. He approached me and said "Have I got something for you!!!" It was then I was brought to his car where he opened the trunk of his car and there they were. I made him an offer right there on the spot and he turned it down... I immediately added $100 more to the offer and again he declined my offer. That night, he called me and decided to take the offer I made and sell the horns to me. I had these horns sitting in my shop for about 6 months and finally decided to take on the job of stripping the paint off of them, open up the horns and clean out the dirt inside the throats of the horns. I put the horns back together and tuned them up to get them working in almost full capacity. About a year later I rolled up to the sister store that I used to work for and let these horns rip. No sooner than I did that, The person that sold me the horns came rushing out of the building to see what was that he had herd. He came up to my van and said to me "I never thought you would get those horns working man! I have had them for a long time and tried to get them to work without any success!" I have tried a few different valves on them and found out by trial and error that a large diameter 1/4 turn gas valve works the best on a large diameter air hose supply.

The current setup I have on the horns are 1/2 inch diameter 1/4 turn gas valve that is spring loaded.
The airlines used are 300 psi. rated 5/8 inch hose.
12 gallon air tank on the console of my van pressurized to 125 psi.
For the 22 inch Grover Stuttertone truck horns, I have a completely different valve system but also running on the same air tank.

In this video, only the K5LA horns was used. I did not sound the truck horns. That will be for a later demonstration.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Train Horns
• K5LA
• Airchime K5LA
• Airchime
• Aerostar
• Loud Train Horn
• Nathan Airchime.

[honeybunchickens]

Less talk more horn please

[djluna96]

Thanks for the comment and wachin the video.... Please check out the other K5LA train horn videos that I posted up on my profile... :)@honeybunchickens

[pooptypoopty]

is it legal? :p pls respond

[djluna96]

As far as I know California and Virginia are the only states where they are banned from being used on a motor vehicle...and even that I am not a 100% sure on that info.. I do know however that it is legal here in the state of Fl. and I do use them from time to time as long as it is not used malisiosly.

[freekyFX4]

Nice setup. I have a K5LA too.

[djluna96]

Cool deal...I hope you have as much fun with your K5LA as I do. :)  Thanks for the comment...much appreciated.

[TruAzn100]

could make a song out of the horns lol

[MrJacMac1986]

Hook that horn up to a car alarm.Im sure it will scare away any thieves

[railfan4235]

well if you get an actual onboard compressor, then you won't need to stop to fill them. if you only get an air tank, you will need to stop and fill them with air.

[nelson4568]

love it....im getting one soon for my suv but im getting an onboard air compressor......do u know if you have to fill them up with air or is it automatic cause on your other video you said u have to fill it up at the gas station