old installer, old truck, jog my memory?

... and done!

(by "done", I meant, I contributed to upkeep. I am still working on this install) Benching things out, it became obvious I have a dead siren on my hands. Yes I have verified that by attaching 12V to the lead. No joy in Mudville... So of course, I'm thinking "hey, upgrade!" Since I never cared for any variant of the Revenger 6-tone siren (soft chirp, tones bypassed, what-have-you). Anyone got suggestions for other sirens to buy since I need one anyway? I am half-tempted to just buy a pair of Hella Supertone horns (like these: http://www.amazon.com/Hella-SuperTone-Horn-Kit-118/dp/B000CRZXPI), bypass the use of a siren, and have them blatting away in event of an alarm trigger.

The obvious question is: "Why is this taking so long for me to do?" I am awaiting delivery of several pieces, still: -Avital 4003L add-on remote start -DEI 520T backup battery -4-button remotes, as I have lost the remotes that came with this unit in the ensuing years. -1N4007 diodes (the local Radio Shack literally couldn't find their electronic components. More, they didn't know what a diode is! How freaking useless are they? I have questions, they have blank stares..) And having now found that my siren is TU, there's not a whole lot of rush to get this thing installed. I have the door pinswitches and dome light working for the first time in almost a decade, this was a huge thing on its own!) Plus, on top of it all- it's raining. Still! So I've been using the time I am waiting for parts to arrive doing research, relearning stuff I knew by heart years ago.