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• horn wiring
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:48:11 -0800
  ...I was trying to fix a problem with the horn on my van and found the wire connector near the floor on the steering...
• Re: horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:44:50 -0400
  ...I am assuming broken horn ring. > Should I go ahead and order one or is there another possibility?
• Update: Honking while turning at slow speeds-Fixed!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Thu, 28 May 2009 20:14:21 -0700
  ...I can push as hard as I > want on the wheel at any point and it won't engage the horn. > * I haven't...
• Horn shorted to ground?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 8 May 2002 16:02:07 -0700
  Yes, my horn stuck on early Sunday morning. I unplugged it as soon as I could pull over. I can't believe this still...
• Re: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel
  Historical mailing list - quadrat
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:56:06 -0800
  My horn was not working due to the contact ring being worn through to the plastic where the wheel is on center. I had...
• Re: Smacked the steering wheel and the van died
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:12:56 -0600
  Hey, you have a very advanced warning system there.....your horn alerted you of the ignition switch's impending failure. Or, of course, the...
• Re: Friday tech question quiz
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:45:00 -0700
  ...think first! Tom '79 Mercedes 300SD "Green Hornet" '84 Westy Vanagon "Spiny Norman" '86 Alfa Romeo Spider "Dinsdale" '98 Mercedes E320 wagon "Silver Hornet"
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:46:06 -0800
  ...Friday > > Entity Jeffrey Schwaia spoke thus: > > > Does anyone else accidentally honk their horn when starting their > Vanagon > > because a loose key gets into the...
• Re: power source for new "air" horn advice on power source
  Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
  Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:56:36 -0700
  ...power source for new "air" horn advice on power source > > Installed a new air horn behind the passenger side headlight assembly Not the gowesty...
• Security System Alarm Location
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Wed, 09 Jul 1997 18:29:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Unfortunately I never really inspected just where the "horn" part was installed. I know they probably told me, but it worked fine and I...
• Re: Horn upgrade
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 May 2011 22:53:20 -0400
  ...Position six appears to be actually intended for a horn relay. Yrs, d
• Horn contacts
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:49:14 EST
  Trying to fix my horn this morning my 82. Pulled the steering wheel and found a plastic part with a brass ring #321 419...
• Car Talk Vanagon caller
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:34:36 -0400
  ...She wished for things in a vehicle like a horn that worked (I tried my horn at that moment it didn't work either...
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:29:12 -0500
  ...honk their horn when starting their >>> Vanagon >>>> because a loose key gets into the space between the steering wheel >> and >>> the >>>> horn pickup? Seems...
• Re: VW Police Car? Who Wudda Thunk!!!
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:30:44 -0700
  ...i still want a roach coach horn for my van. or a euro horn -----Original Message----- From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM> Sent: Oct...
• Re: Honking while turning at slow speeds
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 14 May 2009 22:39:37 -0700
  ...I can push as hard as I > want on the wheel at any point and it won't engage the horn. > * I haven't...
• Re: Horn strangeness ('82 diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 21:25:48 -0500
  ...Horn strangeness ('82 diesel) > The horn on my bus is, um, hoarse. I get a sound, but is sounds > muffled or strangled. > > I've...
• Re: a Different horn problem...
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:27:32 -0500
  gary goldey wrote: > on my 84 vanagon the horn wont work unless I pop the assembly out of the steering wheel---then it works...
• Re: Any list vendor offer that copper "horn contact ring"?
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:50:47 -0800
  ...Any list vendor offer that copper "horn contact ring"? > The one that goes under the steering wheel. For my 90. > > Jim > ----- End Original Message -----
• Re: Hit 4 Deer...Need body Parts
  Historical mailing list - JD Foster
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:46:32 -0700
  ...remember use your HORN!! animals > respond to sound more than sight. > i do alot of night driving and everytime a animal has run out...
• Re: Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:08:06 -0500
  ...On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 12:52 PM, Stan Wilder wrote: > Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights. > That is about...
• six guys update
  Historical mailing list - Ted Titcomb
  Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:44:30 -0400
  horns for velma http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g2SDBpP3Yvj02vrEDBsjhA?feat=directl ink
• Re: Smacked the steering wheel and the van died
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:33:02 -0500
  ...3) To my surprise, turning > the wheel the wheel honks the horn about twice per rotation (beep, beep, > beep...). 4) As I drive forward...
• Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:08:52 -0400
  Can there be warning signs that the ignition switch is needing to be replaced? On my 84 today horn didn’t work but I...
• Re: Headlight relays and wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:53:56 EST
  Hey Steve, for what it's worth, I ran all my big wires for the light relay and the horn relay under the body...
• Smacked the steering wheel and the van died
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:03:38 -0400
  ...3) To my surprise, turning the wheel the wheel honks the horn about twice per rotation (beep, beep, beep...). 4) As I drive forward...
• Re: Horn ring replacement...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:10:40 -0400
  At 13:30 7/27/2004, Grungy wrote: >The horn ring on the underside of the steering wheel has worn out. >I can get...
• Steering Wheel Adust/Horn sounds
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:28:58 -0700
  ...I find it difficult to believe the lack of the two 3'o'clock contacts making/breaking would cause the horn to sound. Does...
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:39:11 -0700
  ...Tom '79 Mercedes 300SD "Green Hornet" '84 Westy Vanagon "Spiny Norman" '86 Alfa Romeo Spider "Dinsdale" '98 Mercedes E320 wagon "Silver Hornet"
• Total Mystification!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:38:01 -0500
  OK, I'm still banging my head against this wiper/horn thing and though I thought I had it resolved. I do not. Not...
• Horn won't stop blowing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:33:50 -0500
  ...All the way back, she says, the horn would blow unless the right turn signal was on, and sometimes even then. It certainly was...
• Re: VC: Late Friday Entry
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 09:50:17 -0700
  A long overdue horn upgrade is pending. Two "Klaxon" horns, relay, and flux capacitor sit on the bench awaiting install. Nope. That's part...
• Re: Search for 1990 Vanagon part
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:44:52 -0800
  ...used padded horn switch (inner > Part of the steering > wheel) from a late Vanagon. > It should be black with those little horn logos. > Here...
• Horn Brush? in steering column?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Seitz
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:01:18 -0500
  ...I diagnosed my horn problem as a poor connection between the steering column electrical connector and the brass ring on the bottom of the...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:43:30 -0600
  ...Broken, damaged, or worn out horn ring in the steering wheel. Also a relatively easy fix. Just be sure when the new horn ring...
• Crazy Horn
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:31:05 -0600
  This morning, my horn started intermittently going off...it seems...when I turned right. My daughter actually thought it was pretty funny as we...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:48:03 -0800
  ...My 1989 Syncro 16 Doka and 1985 Syncro Doka both came with the unusually small horn pad. Both were originally delivered to a European...
• Re: [be seen] Road rage cause--Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:01:29 -0700
  <snip> Therefore, high priority changes for me are: - powerful headlights - after market horn - I also saw somewhere that there are brighter lamps for the...
• Re: Horn ring replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:32:42 -0700
  ...Horn ring replacement... > > The horn ring on the underside of the steering wheel has worn out. > I can get the part, but it's...
• ignition-HORN!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:06:53 EST
  hey all, yesterday, i repalced my 02 sensor and now (this is probably completely unrelated) my horn goes off when i start my van...
• No lights/horn/start/nothing.
  Historical mailing list - RP
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:30:09 -0800
  ...No horn, no lights, no start, no nothing. I pulled down the fuse panel, to install the buzzer, and assume I pulled something loose...
• Friday
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:55:33 -0800
  ...honk their horn when starting their Vanagon because a loose key gets into the space between the steering wheel and the horn pickup? Seems...
• Re: Horn shorted to ground?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 8 May 2002 22:52:58 -0500
  ...The dealers call the > needed part the turn signal reset button, or something to that effect. > > > Yes, my horn stuck on early Sunday morning...
• Re: Horn Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:35:20 -0400
  ...Horn Troubleshooting > The horn on my recently purchased '87 GL isn't working. > Checked/replaced/reseated all fuses on the panel to no avail...
• Re: car that refuses to die...
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:21:55 +0000
  ...Jeff ----- Original Message ----- > oh yes... > other drivers and truckers used to toot their horn to say Hi when I drive > my Bay... > not anymore...
• Van Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:59:36 -0000
  Hi, Thinking of changing the standard wheel in the van as the horn button (its definately the button not the connections) no longer works...
• Re where we are from
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 06:44:59 -0400
  Eric P 1984 Westfalia(Green Hornet). Cape May Court House NJ(Southern NJ) [text/html]
• sharing an incident
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 11:47:09 -0700
  I am installing a Hella twin horns on my van I got a harness with relay from Jay Brown and install everything using the...
• Horn ring replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:30:19 -0500
  The horn ring on the underside of the steering wheel has worn out. I can get the part, but it's not at all...
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:59:16 -0500
  Scott, What electricity conducting lubricant would you recommend for the contact finger against the horn ring? Thanks, John John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88...
• Re: Crazy Horn
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:42:22 -0800
  ...gap between the steering wheel and steering column, thus shorting the horn circuit intermitently. This is a pretty common problem on loaves; I'm...
• Re: Horn button removal
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:37:42 EST
  ...COM writes: << Anybody out there know how to remove the center horn button on a 1979 VW Camper Bus? Looks as though somebody has...
• fiat
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 02:21:38 -0400
  Tim, yes it does! Owned 850 Spyder and my 84 Westy is faster! Eric 1984 Westfalia(Green Hornet0 [text/html]
• Re: horns that don't sound so lame
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 23:06:05 -0600
  Tony, You have now lost all your identity. Beep,Beep.:>) ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85 GL
• Any list vendor offer that copper "horn contact ring"?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:14:13 -0600
  The one that goes under the steering wheel. For my 90. Jim
• Re: Anyone upgraded the horn?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:39:33 -0800
  I'm surprised none of the Subaru engine conversion champions hasn't suggested an elegant solution...
• Re: Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:17:50 -0500
  A caution about the horn ring! Should you decide to replace the horn ring - be aware that VW made a change in the plastic...
• Horn strangeness ('82 diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:41:22 -0800
  The horn on my bus is, um, hoarse. I get a sound, but is sounds muffled or strangled. I've already replaced the horn...
• Re: Honking while turning at slow speeds
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Thu, 14 May 2009 23:55:48 -0700
  ...I can push as hard as I >> want on the wheel at any point and it won't engage the horn. >> * I haven't...
• Re: 88GL Steering wheel part needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:47:16 -0700
  ...What I call the 'horn contact ring' ...... if that's what you are talking about .. I can supply one, brand new , from Germany , OE...