Where is my boats horn?

Can someone please direct me to where on the boat the horn is located? I have an 87 Starcraft, 120 2.5L, Alpha 1. I can't follow the sound because the horn does not work - I carry a standalone horn on the boat. Hurry before I start tearing stuff up.

This is the first post I have made here, although I have been using this forum for over 3 years now. Thank you very much to everyone involved in maintaining and posting answers on this forum. I bought my boat 4 years ago. I am 55 and it is the 1st motor boat I have owned. With the help of this forum I now have the outdrive and motor purring like a kitten - the best thing was the link to the service manuals that was forced down (as a nation we really need to go back to the constitutional limits and ideals on copyrights, not the modern corporate enhancements we have now). I am about to upgrade the instruments, and will put in a new horn whether or not I find the old one.

Thank again - I would never have enjoyed my boat so much without this forum.

Re: Where is my boats horn?

Could be anywhere up front. Usually on the bow deck, or gunnel just in front of the windshield. Do you have a switch for a horn? Maybe it never had one.

Re: Where is my boats horn?

Lucky #400 !!!!! - Thanks !!!

post a picture of your boat, that might help..

Its usually located on the Starboard side ( close to the helm )

You may also try following the 2 wires from the horn button.

It's either under the dash or under a "grill" on the side of the boat in front of the helm on the starboard side.

Re: Where is my boats horn?

There is a factory installed switch - pink and white wires going into the wiring harness.

Re: Where is my boats horn?

do you know where the horn button in your boat is? assuming so... there's two wires attached to it. one would go to a power source. the other off to the horn itself.. so follow the wires is my suggestion..

fwiw.. and i don't know about your boat builder. but on my old boat. back in '75. it didn't come with a horn. so i suppose that could be the case too. ya can't find it cause there isn't one... just food for thought.

Re: Where is my boats horn?

If the horn is on the outside somewhere (like chrome horns), then it's likely mounted under the dash at the helm. That's usually where I see most of them mounted, however, just trace the hot lead to the horn from the horn switch.

Re: Where is my boats horn?

It probably doesn't have a horn. If it did you'd have no problem locating it.

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If she were mine... I would mount the new horn in a location that suits me. Thinking maybe the pink used to be red which would be pos. Once I was sure I had power to switch then run new wire from other terminal on switch to the pos. lead on horn. Then I would run a ground wire to a ground buss located in console, hopefully.....not necessairly in this order.