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• Horn question
  Historical mailing list
  27 Jul 95 19:25:00 -0700
  ...was wanting to know if anyone has any ideas for a horn for my Thing, that would be sufficiently loud to scare the he...
• Steering wheel problems
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 00:18:26 -0800
  Well Stan made me think of my horn problems on my steering wheel. Several months ago, the contact ring on the on the upper...
• Re: Horns
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:41:38 -0700
  RE: Switching at the ground side With rare exceptions you always put the switch in a DC circuit at the ground. Voltage is zero...
• Re: Fixing horn-Don't try this at home ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:24:16 -0400
  Joel - It's amazing to find out just how far some folks will go to torture our sensitive German folks, eh? BOB - WA4RRN
• Soft Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Fri, 28 May 1999 00:47:13 -0400
  ...it should improve your pedal 100%, out of adjustment rear brakes make for a horrible pedal Eric P 84 Westy(Green Hornet) [text/html]
• ac diag
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Fri, 28 May 1999 00:42:10 -0400
  The diag price does not sound to unreasonable, but talk to the about coverting your Vanagon to R134 Eric P.84 Westfalia(Green Hornet...
• Catastrophe???(Oil lite and oil alarm on!)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:11:36 -0600
  ...A few seconds later the oil pressure warning horn began blaring as well. I eased it into neutral, crossed three lanes to the shoulder...
• Re: Wiper Wackiness - No Parking
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:22:23 -0500
  ...remove the plastic steering column cover by removing two screws, then snap off the horn button (must pry gently), disconnect horn wires and set...
• Re: Dead Wipers and Heater Fans
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:55:51 -0800
  John, don't wait, the horn ring swap is an easy 10 min job and it doesn't really make more work doing it...
• Re: Horn problem ( updated request for a vanagon tire jack)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:13:49 -0400
  ...Since the upper bearing is inserted into the ignition lock assembly casting which also supports the stalk switches and horn contact, this permanently sets...
• Re: silly little question about the basics...removing plate over the horn on ...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:12:51 -0400
  ...I want >> to fix the horn. (When I plug it in, it just goooooooess...so I figured that >> the "trigger" is stuck, on the...
• Re: Horn upgrade
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 May 2011 22:10:35 -0400
  At 09:41 PM 5/15/2011, Edward Maglott wrote: >there. I was thinking about using a relay but am open to any suggestions...
• Re: Six Guys Find Fault Fix & Flee Fleecing Fiefdom
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:03:31 -0700
  "Life will never be the same for these guys." � No kidding.��Now they're stuck with a Vanagon with steer horns on the front...
• F/Bumper Stickers on Beetles, Unknown model years
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:16:38 -0500
  ...stickers seen on 2 diffrerent really rough bodied Type I's: Horn Broken Watch for Finger Sit down, buckle up, hang on, shut up...
• Re: sharing an incident
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 11:53:34 -0700
  ...On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > I am installing a Hella twin horns on my...
• Re: Tires (please read)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 09:54:04 -0700
  ...Mark Hornor <mhornor@chrm.com> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; wdavidson@THEGRID.NET <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET> Date: Wednesday, April 14...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:31:51 -0600
  ...The new horn ring had a shoulder molded into it that the old horn ring did not. This shoulder acted as and additional spacer...
• Re: Steering wheel removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:56:44 -0600
  Take both hands and grab the piece that moves when you push to honk the horn. Rip it out of the steering wheel. No...
• Re: Steering wheel removal
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:09:54 EST
  ...But do a controlled ripping so that the two wires that > attach the horn part to the car don't rip off too. You...
• Re: steering wheel scraping
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:48:47 -0800
  ...Pull the top edge of your horn button panel. Once you have that exposed, you will find a 24mm nut holding the steering wheel...
• Re: HELP...Horn/Blinker/Headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:42:24 -0800
  RE: Low beams and other problems..... Just had part of that, low beams out, but none of the other symptoms. My problem was the...
• Re: leather Vanagon steering wheel from VW?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:10:11 -0600
  ...The horn button is covered with black naugahide > giving it a slight padding. The naugahyde has two plugs with the picture > of a > horn...
• Re: Got wasps, yellow jackets, etc.?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 04:57:04 -0400
  ...Wasps and hornets have a binary venom that they combine during the sting. More potent. Mud dauber - fairly calm, strong sting, dark lean wasp...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 10:08:33 -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...
• Re: funky horn issues
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:14:02 -0800
  ...wife when the contact > ring starts to disintegrate and turns the horn on > when > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > To: expensive...
• Lifter clatter - the recommendations work
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:04:36 -0800
  I'll be hornswoggled. Mellow Yellow has had that famous lifter clatter ever since we got it. This would occur after it had not...
• Re: Steering Wheel Adust/Horn sounds
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 25 May 2008 18:47:28 -0700
  ...The horn sounded intermittently based on the swheel position. The plastic outer molding for the column scraped on the swheel. Failed attempts: I tried...
• Re: sharing an incident
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 12:46:57 -0700
  ...Who has the parts to upgrade the horn on his '81 but has not done so! On 7/4/15, Dan N <dn92610@gmail...
• Re: Crazy Horn
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:03:10 -0500
  ...31 AM, "Ben Cichowski" <aquasheck@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > >>This morning, my horn started intermittently going off...it seems...when I >>turned right. My daughter...
• Re: Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:41:10 -0400
  ...I was assuming that I had a horn wiring problem, but after lubing the brass ring and contact, the horn sounded brand new! I...
• Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:34:43 -0500
  ...Most people don't think about their horn until it won't stop blowing. Those stories are always entertaining as is finding the fuse...
• Re: Adding Horns. B+ (30) To Power Horns OK?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:49:45 -0700
  Interesting idea. Beats the heck out of trying to reverse engineer a GM On Star unit into my Westy. ;) Seems there's lots of...
• Re: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:10:01 -0800
  ...We removed the horn on the current site at the request of customers who like to "stealth surf" in their cubicle at work, but...
• Re: (F) old songs with buses...
  Historical mailing list - Janet Andersen
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 17:49:40 -0700
  ...I will become a Hornet owner if it is. DrRufo SOCal-81 vanagon
• if have few $$K
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 01:09:12 -0500
  If I had a few $$K to spare i'd buy this and try show horn it into my Westy... http://cgi.ebay.com...
• Re: Hella Twin Tone Wiring Help?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:40:15 -0700
  I ran the Hot wire directly off the battery with an over-the-counter fuse holder spliced into the wire before the horns.� I...
• honk if yer a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alan Yamada
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:11:59 -0700
  ...when i'm starting my 1984 westfalia, the horn would blow when i turn the key to the "on" location, i haven't turned...
• Re: Who's Next?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 09:20:34 -0600
  ...types of frogs and horned toads. >We had lots of Praying Mantis, Butterflies, Fire Flies, Lady Bugs, Pill >Bugs, Hornets, Wasps, Yellow Jackets. >I...
• Re: Dead Wipers and Heater Fans
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:48:53 -0600
  ...But, I'm having horn problems related, I think, to the horn ring. So I may wait until I get some parts in for...
• Re: Horn ring replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Edson
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:56:13 -0700
  ...Horn ring replacement... > > Brass horn contactor ring #321.419.661A > On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:48:45 -0700 Kathleen Piper <pipkanan@hevanet.com...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:08:07 -0600
  Just pop the "horn" off (pull on it from the top) but hang onto it. It is connected by a female plug/wire and...
• Tires
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 19:49:38 -0500 (EST)
  ...Thanks!!! Lewis Horn z006539b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
• Re: car that refuses to die...
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:34:54 -0800
  ...Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> oh yes... >> other drivers and truckers used to toot their horn to say Hi when I drive >> my Bay... >> not anymore...
• Re: Horn problem-getting coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:49:36 -0400
  At 08:48 PM 7/13/2015, Dennis Haynes wrote: >It looks like I also will be missing West River Westys this year. Bummer...
• rust-proof exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - brad horner
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:47:03 -0500
  ...Is there a heat resistant coating that could do the job? Brad Horner 87 weekender shazam@dnet.net
• GTi wheel
  Historical mailing list - Zezoff
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 18:35:06 -0700
  ...The horn ring does not touch. $20. Bobby
• Re: Stupid Steering Wheel Question Install Replace
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:45:11 -0500
  Bill, Now that you have a grip on the wheel, so to speak, did you check the condition of the horn ring? The ring...
• Re: Horn question (did some searching)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:32:06 -0400
  ...Ironically, > after removing the > offending piece, the horn doesn't blow in the > straight ahead position. I > need to fix this before vehicle inspection...
• Re: Busted ignition lock
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 13:15:16 PST
  ...But the horn stopped working. I think I pinched the green horn wire inside the column or something stupid. All I wanted is to...
• Help!'84 Westy electrical short
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 03:26:35 -0600
  ...Other than inoperative interior lite doorswitches and brake warning lite and a really pathetic sounding horn (horn & relay also replaced by PO) I have...
• Re: Headlight relays and wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:22:54 -0800
  ...ran all my big wires for the light relay >and the horn relay under the body and up front, behind the bumper, behind the...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:22:32 -0600
  On 25 Mar , 2020, at 1:14 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > I just hope I have somewhere to go by summer! I'm just...
• Re: Van Alarm
  Historical mailing list - The Carters
  Sat, 18 Oct 1997 06:40:56 -0700
  'Lo, Austin My alarm is mounted inside behind the plastic pull away kick panel below the dash with the horn part in the engine...
• Re: wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:36:10 -0600
  << I wonder if I can shoe horn an Etta-E30 into my Van?--:>) >> thought about it. it's a bit too long. benT This...
• Re: Oil change experience
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Sat, 6 Jul 2013 21:31:01 -0700
  ...Tom '79 Mercedes 300SD "Green Hornet" '84 Westy Vanagon "Spiny Norman" '86 Alfa Romeo Spider "Dinsdale" '98 Mercedes E320 wagon "Silver Hornet"
• Re: Hit 4 Deer...Need body Parts
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Barry
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:29:13 -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...
• Re: VC: Late Friday Entry
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 09:45:54 -0600
  The Horn on that DashBoard does not appear to be a the MorePrevalent SlideTrombone ~ I'd guess it to be a 3Valve or 3Key...
• Re: minor electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 4 Jul 1996 11:21:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Receintly my > camper likes to stall out when I beep the horn. I know it sounds funny but > it can be a pain in...
• Re: Its Friday!! US Presidential Result (at last)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:09:33 EST
  ...and always horny. Rich
• Re: Headlight relays and wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:49:39 -0700
  ...ran all my big wires for the light relay > and the horn relay under the body and up front, behind the bumper, behind the...