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• Re: 1987 passenger Syncro For sale with factory ? Westy top. INPERSON REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 02:12:51 +0200
  ...VW put a giant truck wheel with a tiny horn button in the middle on cars without power steering, and a more modern wheel...
• Re: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:17:04 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy On 1/14/2013 12:47 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > reminds me .. > people could do something to lube their horn...
• Re: Hit 4 Deer...Need body Parts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:10:30 -0400
  ...remember use your HORN!! animals >>respond to sound more than sight. >>i do alot of night driving and everytime a animal has run out...
• Fixed screeching Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:19:01 -0800
  ...So save yourselves $40 for the horn ring and $40 more for the turn-signal/horn contact by trying the above procedure.� Might buy...
• Re: Part number for horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:02:14 -0800
  ...knology.net> wrote: > > What's the part number for the brass horn ring that wears out on > vanagons so they sound like the bus...
• Re: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:36:36 -0800
  Don't know much about the horn contact ring on the Vanagons (yet), but I've been pulling parts from an 86 in a...
• Re: Van Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:07:52 +0100
  ...Any traps > involved in getting the horn wiring to work in my 84 with that GTI wheel? No, it's just bolt on. If...
• Electrical woes update
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:07:54 EST
  Replaced the ign switch, swapped the load control relay, cleaned all the grounds, and fixed the horn ground. Voltage fluxuation stays normal with the...
• Re: sentimental proposal
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 23:56:00 EDT
  ...beep horns and flash lights, i do this already however! let's get the whole list to poll the date (including the syncro list...
• Re: relay for double horn setup
  Historical mailing list - Sullivan, Michael
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:40:05 -0500
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• porsche horn for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:40:26 -0700
  anyone have one of these for a 911? dismantler in LA wants 100 dollars -- would rather spend 50.00...
• Re: steering wheel/seats
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:55:32 -0500
  ...It also has the padded horn bar >>and the later wheels are much softer and more comfortable to the grip >>than the 80-83...
• silly little question about the basics...removing plate over the horn on steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Mariposa Charme
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:25:44 -0600
  ...I want to fix the horn. (When I plug it in, it just goooooooess...so I figured that the "trigger" is stuck, on the...
• Propane
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:43:20 -0400
  Ron who did you take your Westie to to have the propane system checked out? Eric P. 1984 Westfalia(Green Hornet) [text/html]
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:18:20 -0700
  On 1/28/05 1:55 AM, "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> wrote: > > Does anyone else accidentally honk their horn when starting their Vanagon...
• leather Vanagon steering wheel from VW?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:53:06 EDT
  ...The horn button is covered with black naugahide giving it a slight padding. The naugahyde has two plugs with the picture of a horn...
• Droping Tranny
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 00:26:01 -0400
  Chip, Yes it is nessasary to temove CV axles to get trans out of van. Eric P. 84 Westy (Green Hornet) [text/html]
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:53:00 -0500
  ...As for the horn ring - it was dead. a section of the brass/copper was missing completely and the wiper that contacts the surface...
• Re: Horn sounding intermittently
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:16:42 -0500
  ...321.419.661A Title: *Horn Contact Ring* Price:$37.00 > > > > BusDepot- > > Clocksprin <http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=321419661A> > > > > Turn Signal Cancelling Ring...
• Re: Tires, Parts, Etc.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 May 2017 13:09:49 +0000
  What color is your interior? I have a couple of brown horn covers. Jim On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 6:48 AM Laura...
• Re: My 83.5, was Woody's Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:53:19 PDT
  ...Have you ever tried to use that H4 5 watt parking lamp as a foglight - with the other lights off??? .... >Why a Porsche horn...
• Re: steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:13:06 -0500
  ...I've had mine off a couple times to lube the horn contacts. I removed the horn pad, removed the bolt and the wheel...
• relays near my headlights???]
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:34:11 -0700
  ...What are these for? Headlights? Horn? Air conditioner?(mine originally had air and aux heater in it but they are both disconnected.) One of...
• Removing steering wheel and/or Horn mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 15:11:24 -0300
  Some folks asked for the procedure for removing the steering wheel and/or horn button/bar. Any comments are welcome if you think I...
• Re: Recent Car Talk Shows - re air bags
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:28:16 -0400
  ...I beleive that the horn circuit or mechanism often gets 'pinched' on accidentally by the airbag deployment, not by design. Mike B. ----- Original Message...
• silly little question about the basics...removing plate over the horn on ...
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:32:35 -0500
  ...silly little question about the basics...removing plate over the horn on ... To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Don't overlook the possibility that the...
• Oil light and Warning Horn -WBX 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:14:30 -0600
  ...No oil light at idle, no oil light nor warning horn at higher rpm. Only with a rapid drop of rpm to the 22000...
• Re: Super Horns
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:46:42 -0500
  Don't forget again... and that we're camping over the weekend. Here's the plug, y'all!. http://www.facebook.com/events/332267243451288/
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 02:20:39 -0700
  ...Installed it all, >turned the ignition - and the horn sounded. What the heck!!! I tried it >again, same thing. Another one of those mysteries...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:41:42 -0400
  ...They had no budget so they reused the Hornet body design, leading to a car that looked like a Hornet on tiptoe. Mostly, though...
• Opinions on JC Whitney's various alarms?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 31 May 1999 22:09:16 -0400
  ...Looking in the archives I found posts from two people who had installed DEI Hornets. I looked around the WWW for good deals. JC...
• Re: Self-tapping screw size for headlight assy?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:28:42 -0700
  ...behind the grill hooked up to a horn relay? >Remove the grill and honk goes the horn. It would be pretty easy to wire...
• Re: how do you disassemble an '83 steering wheel?
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:50:55 -0500
  ...I've take the wheel off the column and >>am trying to replace the horn contact ring underneath. I need to get to >>the...
• Steering Wheel Saga (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:54:02 EDT
  ...But I forgot about the horn. Audi used a different style horn contact, the contact ring is on the column ass'y instead of...
• Re: Total Mystification!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:02:38 -0500
  ...One of the wear modes of > the horn contact ring is the production of fine brass "threads" > which protrude from the contact ring and...
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:13:38 -0600
  ...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: toot-toot...update on my van's horn
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:02:26 -0700
  ...Mike On 7/25/07 12:01 PM, "Mariposa Charme" <mariposaducharme@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Morning folks! Thanks for all the info on horns and...
• Re: Rogue Horn - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:03:30 -0600
  ...It'll be just fine after he is attached to your 120v inverter and your horn will really screech great. Be careful not to...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - mike stainbrook
  Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:30:27 -0800
  probally really dumb question,but would there be any gain in installing a small fan in the intake horn ? Mike mike90260@yahoo.com
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:49:52 -0700
  ...the new horn contact rings come that way, I just got one. No big deal. you are sure all the switch connectors are plugged...
• Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:45:31 -0400
  Hi Dennis and others, I disconnected the horn relay again and the brake light behavior is the same. I made sure the horn wires...
• Re: steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:33:52 -0700
  ...Don't forget to disconnect the horn wire connection kinda carefully when you pop/pull the long horn button off. I think that nut...
• Re: Horn "toots" when I insert key to start van!
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:04:13 EST
  ...Happened to me when the vanagon died on the top of an off ramp -- restarted and horn started blowing at the car in front...
• Re: VW horn ring tone
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 18:19:46 -0700
  That would be 'Vandroid'😏 BenT sent from my electronic leash > On Oct 5, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM> wrote...
• '72 bus IGN SW
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 14:24:42 -0600
  ...I tried to remove the wheel, and even unscrewed the 3 screws from underneath the horn ring, but cannot get the horn button to...
• Re: rust-proof exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:40:20 -0800
  ...Is there a heat resistant coating that could do the >job? > >Brad Horner >87 weekender >shazam@dnet.net >
• Re: VW Police Car? Who Wudda Thunk!!!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:39:03 -0400
  ...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: Question Number Two
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:33:19 -0700
  ...Is it possible that when I take a sharp left > turn, my horn honks, or gives a little half-honk? Or are there just...
• Re: Adding Horns. B+ (30) To Power Horns OK?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:57:41 -0700
  ya ya! Neil. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > yup, *fairly* easy to find in...
• Re: Is your Vanagon "alarmed"?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:14:36 -0500
  ...place the horn of the alarm in the interior: better > for your neighbours, worse for the thief. You can get high-pitched piezo "screamer...
• Re: Hella Twin Tone Wiring Help?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:14:31 -0400
  Some time ago I put up a VW dual horn wiring diagram. See if this helps: http://picasaweb.google.com/85.westy/VWDualHornRelay#5054127587406548674...
• Re: horn contact on steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:29:52 -0700
  If the things come off without much of hassle I'll grab some the next time I go to Pickle part. DrRufo SOCal-81...
• Re: horn beeps when i turn the steering wheel???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 13 May 2005 17:40:31 -0400
  Well duh......isnt it clear that the po removed the fuse because the back up lights kept honking whenever turn were made!
• Re: Crazy Horn
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:56:21 -0800
  ...mike On 1/8/08 8:31 AM, "Ben Cichowski" <aquasheck@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > This morning, my horn started intermittently going off...it seems...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 03:09:54 -0500
  ...Soon after, I could hear the distinct sound of a VW horn. I assumed it was a fellow Westy owner honking, instead of waving...
• Re: Brake Light Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:43:18 -0400
  I believe the horn and brake light behavior is unrelated and that your current (no pun intended) problem is a sticky brake light switch...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:59:07 -0800
  I had been using di-electric grease to quiet my scratchy horn ring.  Have done it 3 times; each application would last about a...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:49:16 -0400
  ...The horn at one time I noticed either worked or didn’t work when blower motor on. I can’t remember witch. At the...
• Re: sharing an incident
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 20:09:52 -0400
  ...sharing an incident I am installing a Hella twin horns on my van I got a harness with relay from Jay Brown and install...
• I am not alone
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:10:05 -0600
  ...They waved, blew the horn again, but didn't stop. Wish they had. But it's nice to know I'm not alone in...