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• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Sat, 2 Mar 2013 22:36:32 -0500
  ...Tony On Saturday, March 2, 2013, forum email wrote: > Hi occasionally my horn does the same thing, and because another key on the > ring...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:50:23 -0400
  Hi Dan, Could you share details like which horn? Also, Any chance you could do a audio recording of your new horn once done...
• Re: installing other horns on a vanagon... BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:29:19 -0600
  ...If it blows the relay you'll need to get the heavy duty relay that VW sells for their loud horn set (two horns...
• Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:53:55 -0400
  Help! My horn is going off when I turn the steering wheel left or right when parked or driving. I took the horn assembly...
• installing other horns on a vanagon... BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:14:04 EST
  while the stock vanagon horn is "cute" it really is too inaudible and wimpy for my taste.. i have a pair of Hi-Lo...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:35:49 -0700
  And don’t forget the vanagon can have dual horn relay. Was a euro option, I wrote something about it here https://shufti.blog...
• Re: Quiet Horn.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:23:29 -0700
  Check the connections and wires to/at the horn itself first. In Bentley, positive from S12 supplies power to horn and back up lights...
• Re: Horn(lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 09:29:57 -0600
  Don't forget the horn on Rodney Dangerfield's golf cart in CaddyShack!! DM&FS At 09:54 PM 11/5/2006, Mark C...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:46:31 -0700
  ...horn < I would only want two horns if they sounded the same. Is there a way to tune the original horn design? > Eric, I...
• Re: Horn upgrade: Can you make it LOUDER but still sound like a veedub?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:33:53 -0700
  ...Any suggestions as to a horn that garners more attention? And are > there other VW horns (say, on an old Passat or Jetta) that...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:18:00 +0100
  Sorry, kind of double post to Alistair´s Am 25.03.2020 um 22:16 schrieb Raimund Feussner: > Yes, Euro had dual horn optionally...
• Re: horn whacky again
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:39:30 -0700
  I have the same problem with my horn. It tends to do a nice little friendly beep when I make right hand turns in...
• Pics was Re: louder horn for bus
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:21:40 -0600
  ...louder horn for bus Try this! http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/vanagon2_detail.html http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/horns_detail.html...
• Re: installing other horns on a vanagon... BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:33:27 -0800
  ? > while the stock vanagon horn is "cute" it really is too inaudible and wimpy > for my taste.. i have a pair of Hi-Lo...
• Re: Horn Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 23 May 2002 07:44:09 -0400
  I used the Hella "disk" horns. Kind of expensive ($75 a pair I think) but they make a piercing sound. Not like s truck...
• Re: HORNS!!
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 08:20:17 -0600
  I have the Hella 3 air horn set up on mine. The kit includes a relay, three horns, a compressor and the tubing. I...
• horn
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:23:58 -0700
  hi all, I am planning to replace the horn on our vans...I only know the Hella horn (not air horn) sold by VC...
• Re: removing horn button?
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 18:56:42 -0700
  This thread finaly got my attention Vanagon horn is barely audible, comparable to ...old bycicle horn Anyone driving Vanagon and wants to be heared...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:59:20 -0500
  Eric, Two horns can be run off of a SPDT (Single Pole Double Throw) switch rated for the amps. If the stock wiring will...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:09:57 -0400
  > What I would suggest for everybody is to install a horn relay > These install very simply and make the horn louder as well as...
• Re: Wanted: Suggestions for Replacement Horn
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 02:11:37 EDT
  In a message dated 98-07-14 21:16:46 EDT, you write: > I'm a guy who likes an attention getting horn. I...
• Re: installing other horns on a vanagon... BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:02:31 -0500
  I've been thinking about installing another horn as well...I think you could just wire them in parallel of the main two wire...
• Re: installing other horns on a vanagon... BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:27:14 -0500
  ...If it blows the relay >you'll need to get the heavy duty relay that VW sells for their loud horn >set (two horns...
• Re: speaking of horns...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:49:21 -0800
  I bought some of those cheap $30 Italian air horns from the local FLAPS for my LT as my LT uses the same wimpy...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:44:33 -0700
  ...From one side of the switch, go to the factory horn. From the other side you go to the second horn. >>>> >>>> GregM >>>> >>>> -----Original Message...
• dual horn relay and wiring
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 21:59:51 -0700
  added another horn to the van this last weekend, did the dual horn relay the way the factory does it (in my '82, I...
• Horn upgrade: Can you make it LOUDER but still sound like a veedub?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Earl
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:28:55 -0400
  The meep-meep stock horn on my '87 Westfalia gets no respect on the freeway. Any suggestions as to a horn that garners more...
• Re: Horn Ring
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:41:44 -0800
  funny little speed bumps like that hold me back from a classic white bakelite with chrome horn ring swap ... --- On Mon, 12/5/11...
• Re: Horn Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Thu, 23 May 2002 05:14:00 -0700
  I dont have any idea what a Maseratti horn sounds like, perhaps like an Alpha Romeo spider? If i could legaly install a truckers...
• Re: Horn upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 15 May 2011 20:31:40 -0700
  ...The old horn > is about the same. Even one of the new horns will not honk on the > system. It makes a little clink...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:22:58 -0400
  reminds me of that scene from "Little Miss Sunshine" where the horn is intermittantly beeping on the vw bus :) probably your brass contact ring...
• Re: speaking of horns...
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:01:29 -0800
  Now thats horny! Haha Flick a switch go into ice cream truck Mode.. I was running an old vw bug horn bosch. Now i...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:23:58 -0700
  ...improving the horn circuit helped a lot too. >> > >> > Neil. >> > >> > On 3/25/20, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > hi all, >> > > >> > > I am planning...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:19:18 -0700
  ...From one side of the switch, go to the factory horn. From the other side you go to the second horn. >>>> >>>> GregM >>>> >>>> -----Original Message...
• Re: Horn
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 14:37:24 -0700
  I have one horn from an Audi 5000 and a "Mehga" horn (brought back from India, used mounted proudly on Ambassador taxis). The combo...
• Horn upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 15 May 2011 21:41:03 -0400
  Well, I got my horn button fixed so that I can beep while going straight. Then thought I would get a louder horn than...
• Re: Horn stuck once and quit beeped again today
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:14:39 -0500
  Do you have a Bentley or other access to a wiring diagram? The stock horn circuit is very simple. Power goes to the horn...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:48:37 -0700
  Almost, the trigger is a ground from the horn button. The power line to the horn gets split off to also feed 86 of...
• Re: Horn upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 16 May 2011 08:33:08 -0400
  I upgraded my first Westy to Mercedes S-class horns. I used a relay mounted behind the upper grill and a power lead straight...
• Re: HORNS!!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:21:23 -0800
  I installed the Fiamm horns some few years ago. The horns are fine, sound great, but the compressor died very shortly after installation. $20...
• Re: '90 Westy Horn not operating
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:30:21 -0400
  mike if you disconnected the wires from the contacts at the steering wheel "honking" the horn does no good because you are holding the...
• Re: Horns
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 07:42:42 -0600
  ...Why do you think the factory runs wires to and from the horns, with an always hot wire at the horns? It seems to...
• Re: Now: long term wear horn relay. Was: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:43:40 -0700
  hi Eric, do you have dual tone horns (2 horns)? if so Jay can make a harness for dual horns per request. I think...
• Horn Problem
  Historical mailing list - Josh Monson
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:03:51 -0800
  At risk of being lynched by this mailing list, I was trying to replace my VW-horn with a louder one. Does anyone know...
• Re: horn problems
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 19 May 2003 08:37:38 -0700
  ...Ran one heavy gage wire from battery + to horn thru relay activated when horn is pressed. Added ground wire near horn location. Leon 85...
• Horn Ring
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:30:53 -0600
  A while back I had horn issues. The horn would, of it's own accord, just start blowing - or so it seemed. Turned out...
• Re: Dual horn wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:34:49 -0700
  Why not just test each horn and find out for sure if it matters which lead is which? It probably doesn't. Then try...
• Re: Horn
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:57:11 -0700
  George, i have a set of dual horns and a relay i had picked up from a dismantler a few years ago but when...
• Re: Horn works non stop
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:38:55 -0800
  The switch or horn button is on the negative side of the circuit. If the positive wire to the horn was grounding somewhere the...
• dual horns on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:36:06 -0800
  ...Use a relay in place of the stock cute horn. Positive to positive, ground the relay with the brown wire, and make yourself a...
• Re: Horns
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:54:47 -0400
  ...Why do you think the factory runs wires to and > from the horns, with an always hot wire at the horns? It seems to...
• Re: 7 horn?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:02:54 -0700
  If anyone is interested, why not record you horn sounds and send them to me and I will host them :) I have an Indian...
• Any Horn Experts
  Historical mailing list - roch
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:14:12 -0700
  I have an 84 westy...haven't used the horn in a long time but thought it worked. I recently fiddled under dash removing...
• Re: 7 horn?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:26:30 -0400
  ...http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/vanagon2_detail.html A close up of the horns here: http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/horns_detail...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:01:26 -0700
  ...instruction found on Samba uses the original pos (+) of the old horn > for > > both - horn and relay. > > https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic...
• Re: Horn Gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:30:16 EDT
  ...The ring had worn and a part of it had nearly broken off and was grounding the horn circuit causing the horn to sound...
• installing air horn
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:06:42 -0700
  Hoping some one out there has installed an air horn like the one from Go Westy https://www.gowesty.com/product/-/23471/air-horn...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:48:58 -0700
  Ned, Relocated horns straight up to beside pass side headlight. I did as I was hitting the horn on logging road debris etc when...
• Re: horns that don't sound so lame
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:11:12 -0500
  Dear List, For a look at what VW had in mind when they installed dual horns an a factory option in Europe, consult the...
• Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:41:05 -0700
  hi all, so I got a new horn from Ron (Bus Depot). ... Now a question regarding wiring... 1. instruction on the box and found...