horn rewiring

[derekpara]

I want to change the squeeky horn on my Polo and have bought a more macho horn off a Beefy Mitsubishi from a breakers. Trouble is that the new horn has two male connectors and the old one has only one. Can I use a double connector with a single male connector on the input side to take the existing female connector or do I have to remove the existing and rewire somehow ? Answers should be suitable for a fully paid up nitwit. Thanks.

[BillyBB]

If you are changing a horn with single connector to a horn with two then one of the two new connectors will probably need to be wired to earth/car body.

If your question is about changing male to female connectors then anything goes as long as the contact is good, won't shake free or suffer from corrosion.

[derekpara]

Thanks, BillyBB, but I thought the metal horn would be earthed through the fixing bolt and it doesn't have a separate earth wire at the moment. The connector on the end of the loom cable is female so I don't think I will have to change that - but I'm no expert !

[CLUMP]

easy to do this connect your existing wire to one of the terminals (check if it has + - markings if it doesnt then dont worry) then connect a wire to the other terminal(-) and that goes to earth on the body/chassis