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• RE octane rating
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:06:48 -0400
  ...1984 Westfalia (Green Hornet) [text/html]
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:32:28 -0800
  ...In fact, many pass me and smile (or are they laughing?) -Paul > invoke the horn or even the 'finger'. I have even >found a...
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:24:27 -0800
  Ok, not really an issue with the horn but still with the keys. I pull the keys out the ignition and then with keys...
• Question Number Two
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Sat, 8 Oct 2005 19:45:36 -0500
  ...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: horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:48:25 -0400
  Maggie, I just replaced mine. BD has the ring. In my case, the contact in the column was also in bad shape and started...
• OVERHEATing questions please.....(was Nantaha trip)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 23:52:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Apparently, when they hooked fan up to the horn, the fan started and then of course, stopped when the fuse blew. They removed that...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Question
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:34:55 -0700
  ...On Wednesday, June 9, 2010, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote: > Just pop the "horn" off (pull on it from the top) but hang...
• Hornet car alarm?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Jul 1997 11:49:38 -0400 (EDT)
  Hey volks, Anyone had experience with the Hornet car alarm? It is made by the same company (DEI) that makes the Viper alarm. It...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:59:13 -0500
  My guess is the scraping noise if made by the horn contact, a springy bit of copper that rubs against a metal track on...
• Re: Total Mystification!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:18:42 -0700
  ...alistair On 11-Apr-11, at 1:38 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > OK, I'm still banging my head against this wiper/horn thing...
• Re: six guys update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:05:01 -0700
  ...six guys update horns for velma http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g2SDBpP3Yvj02vrEDBsjhA?feat=directl ink
• Re: List of mods that keep the Vanagon stock
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:25:06 -0700
  ...to the list that I do agree with: - soundproofing (Jim) - replacement horns (Mike) Roland On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Chris...
• Power Streering Pump Bleed
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Fri, 28 May 1999 00:38:20 -0400
  ...1984 Westfalia(Green Hornet) [text/html]
• Re: installing other horns on a vanagon... BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list - S Stones
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:59:58 -0500
  At 07:02 PM 2/12/02 -0500, you wrote: >Does this van belong to a list member? > >http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon...
• Steering wheel disassembly
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Tue, 17 May 2005 16:47:52 -0500
  Hi all, The metal ring for the horn on the bottom of my steering wheel got mangled yesterday so I'm trying to replace...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Nov 2006 (#2006-949)
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:37:04 -0700
  ...On Saturday, November 11, 2006, at 10:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > remove horn button, then big 21?mm nut and pull strg...
• Re: VW iPhone ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 19:32:58 -0700
  ...They include > sliding door open > sliding door close > signal > Start up > horn quiet > horn loud > > Directions > > > > first download the iPhone ring tone zip file...
• Coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:03:03 -0500
  ...However, I noticed during the trip that if the coolant temp was above halfway and I honked the horn, the coolant level/temp LED...
• Re: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:02:03 -0500
  Well, would you look at that - I didn't realize that peice even came off so I didn't think to look for the...
• Re: Question Number Two
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 8 Oct 2005 22:24:03 EDT
  ...it possible that when I take a sharp left turn, my horn honks, or gives a little half-honk? >> It all depends on how...
• Re: steering wheel scraping
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:45:55 -0700
  ...easy and straightforward fix; I use light bicycle grease on the horn ring and the scraping goes away. Seems to occur maybe every 3...
• Re: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:10:48 -0800
  ...You > will have new custom tones to pick from. > > I’ll eventually check out the horn from ron and possibly add it in. > > Again...
• Re: creaky steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:07:14 -0500
  ...Guess the figured it hould work instead of the horn? Ron Semko Orlando, Florida Randy Bergum wrote: > Hi Thomas: > > I just fixed a squeak...
• Re: Heater Box Photos
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:22:18 -0800
  ...I don't know why you had problems with the horn. I don't remove the steering wheel or horn button. After I remove...
• horn contact
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Tue, 22 May 2001 07:31:38 EDT
  Dear List, Recently my great new Hella horns stopped functioning when I hit the switch on the steering wheel. Removing the steering wheel, I...
• Electrical gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Connor McBryde
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:58:22 -0500
  ...Additionally the backup lights and horn are not functioning but I do not know if this occurred in temporal relation as these are harder...
• Re: gas :(
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 18 May 2012 20:11:01 -0700
  ...ze beatings vill continue until ze morale improves, yesss? <hee hee hee> <rubs hands and goes back to listening to Round the Horne> > > ;-) > d > >
• Will a GTI/Audi steering wheel fit a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Sun, 11 Oct 1998 02:48:57 -0400
  ...Will a mid `80s GTI wheel, the one with the 4 big horn buttons, mate to the Vanagon steering column? Thought it would make...
• Re: The hottest engine swap going?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 17 May 2007 14:06:17 -0400
  ...ago we rented a diesel ford focus how long before > you can shoe horn a 1.8/2.0 zetec diesel into the vanagon ? >
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:37:14 +0000
  Thanks to all of you who have responded! I've ordered (2) new starter switches, (1 for a spare), a new horn contact ring...
• Re: Muffler question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:04:33 -0700
  ...Tom '79 Mercedes 300SD "Green Hornet" '84 Westy Vanagon "Spiny Norman" '86 Alfa Romeo Spider "Dinsdale" '98 Mercedes E320 wagon "Silver Hornet"
• Horn gap and column pictures
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:05:37 -0400
  ...Decreasing clearance requires shortening the spacer and replacing the plastic ring shown in the photo, or making the horn contact deeper. Clearance could also...
• Re: Smacked the steering wheel and the van died
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:48:08 -0600
  ...3) To my surprise, turning >> the wheel the wheel honks the horn about twice per rotation (beep, beep, >> beep...). 4) As I drive forward...
• FW: BURNINGvAN 2011
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:52:16 -0800
  ...Got Magnalloy?� Got Vuarnets?� Got Nekkid Firedancers?� Got Chili?� Got Frog horns?� Not saying where they came from other than he�s old and...
• Directional Signals
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Wed, 10 May 1995 09:43:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...is made to fill in the small space between the body and the lamp housing? Thanks! Lewis Horn z006539b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
• 71 bus turn signals
  Historical mailing list - Wayne
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 11:27:42 -0500
  ...Noticed when I changed lane car behind me blew horn. My signal was on but clicked fast. Got home and checked rear bulb was...
• Re: Overheat thought
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:25:27 -0800
  ...In this way, if your temperature suddenly goes up, you wire it to turn on an LED/buzzer/siren/horn that goes "Danger Will...
• old style slider door cheesball way to get it quieter.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:27:06 -0700
  ...Tom '79 Mercedes 300SD "Green Hornet" '84 Westy Vanagon "Spiny Norman" '86 Alfa Romeo Spider "Dinsdale" '98 Mercedes E320 wagon "Silver Hornet"
• Van O'White has a new home
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sun, 24 May 2009 15:45:14 -0700
  ...If you see Cassandra and Damon tooling around West Michigan give them the Vanagon salute and even toot your horn if it works. We...
• passed DE inspection :-)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:55:46 -0400
  ...besides the lights, horn and wiper function test, the fuel cap was pressure tested and the CH/CO values were measured:at low rpm...
• Re: VW iPhone ring tones
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Mon, 14 Oct 2013 06:31:23 -0400
  ...They include > sliding door open > sliding door close > signal > Start up > horn quiet > horn loud > > Directions >> >> first download the iPhone ring tone zip file...
• Re: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:42:11 -0800
  ...in terms of 'cost-benefit-ratio' ..a shot of spray lube is 200 % better than nothingin the horn area .. and treat the turn signal...
• steering wheel torque ?
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:22:03 -0500
  I am about to replace the horn contact rings in my '83 Vanagon and noticed that the Bentley manual calls for 36 ft-lb...
• Re: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:12:53 -0600
  ...If you replace the black horn ring with the tab, you my find that you cannot properly seat the steering wheel. The reason being...
• Redneck Vanagon Owners (F)
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:13:25 -0700
  ...You replaced the front bumper with steer horns. You travel with three or more dogs. You recarpeted the van with shag. You have a...
• actuator failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:43:22 -0700
  ...dummies put the alarm horn under the front seat... talk about losing your hearing... told them in the engine bay, on passenger side, where...
• Re: Steering wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:05:09 -0500
  ...I have a couple of scirocco wheels but those aren't long enough at the horn ring to activate the turn signals
• CB Antennas and stuff
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Tue, 9 May 1995 08:55:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Also, any good radio mounting ideas? Thanks! Lewis Horn z006539b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
• Re: Cow mooing in wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:55:42 -0500
  Actually, I always thought it sounded more like a horny moose than a cow. -----Original Message----- From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO> To: vanagon...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:00:09 -0500
  ...Jim On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote: > Just pop the "horn" off (pull on it...
• Re: Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:32:15 -0700
  If it's kind of a "gritty" squeak, I agree that it is probably the horn contact ring.� I disagree with GoWesty's advice...
• Re: gas :(
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Fri, 18 May 2012 22:56:42 -0400
  ...ze beatings vill continue until ze morale improves, > yesss? <hee hee hee> <rubs hands and goes back to listening to Round the > Horne> > > ;-) > d >
• MORE 'you MAY be a devoted VW bus owner if:'
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 16:27:52 +0100
  And a few more: -you replaced your doorbell with a 6V VW horn -you play the heat exchanger in the local brass band -you...
• Re: [Re: COPY: tired of mind games]
  Historical mailing list - t ob
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 22:29:44 PDT
  ...copy!" > Sorry, but I didn't sign up with vanagon.hot.horny.com I did, but due to some horrible mix-up all I...
• Re: sentimental proposal
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:00:07 -0700
  ...sentimental proposal > > What if we all (meaning list members) decide on a > > day and time to celebrate > > our Vanagon ownership? > > Maybe toot our horns...
• Re: Something is draining my battery...
  Historical mailing list - George Vermillion
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:45:21 EDT
  ...I figured it out when I bumped the horn and it sounded while the ignition switch was off. ************************************** See what's free at http...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - rob wilke
  Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:09:40 -0600
  ...replaced? > >>>> > >>>> On my 84 today horn didn’t work but I could hear it slightly at the > >> horn. I cycled the switch a few...
• Re: Update: Fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - John Philcox
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 09:38:33 -0400
  ...When mine went bad it created very high fuel pressure, causing the erratic angry hornet noise in the fuel pump. I replaced my perfectly...
• ethical treatment - was: Re: WTB: front passenger side turn signal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 02:59:02 EDT
  ...they freeze whent hey see headlights - but the horn will scare them away. this is proven, and does work... lay on the horn the...
• Re: Van Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:38:32 EST
  ...And in addition to that, you have to bend the horn contacts upwards or they will not connect with the brass horn contact ring...