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• Re: Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:18:41 -0700
  That squeak might not be the plastic cover rubbing, it could be the horn contact ring. Pull the steering wheel and clean and lube...
• Thule Rack and Rocketbox
  Historical mailing list - Doug Hornberger
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 07:11:22 EDT
  ...Thank you, Doug Hornberger 1991 Vanagon "Romer"
• Re: horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:15:04 -0400
  Hi Mike, My answer to this is to apply a strip of masking or electrical tape across the space betwewen the steering wheel and...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:37:48 -0800
  ...it's just bare metal to metal contact where the horn contact tab thing rides on the horn contact ring. Scott www.turbovans.com...
• More? New? Better? nah! (editorial content)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:05:08 -0800
  ...She walked up thumbing her key fob till the lights blinked and the horn beeped...Up went the rear door, automatically..(Good thing my...
• Re: BURNINGvAN 2011
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:15:27 -0800
  ...A0 Got Nekkid Firedancers?=A0 Got > Chili?=A0 Got Fro= > g > horns?=A0=20 > > Not saying where they came from other than he=B9s...
• FW: HELP! Coins in the laundry and Power Loss???
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:06:59 -0500
  ...MIME :Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM[SMTP:MIME :Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 2:01 PM To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Feb 2013 01:10:46 -0500
  ...This sets the clearance between switch pack and horn moving contact ring which is then permanent. If for some reason (non-spec steering wheel...
• Re: Steering wheel removal
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:08:14 -0500
  ...Take that now detached horn section, and throw it into the passanger seat for later. See the big nut? That's what holds the...
• Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into my van
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 2 May 2011 13:11:00 -0700
  ...I simply wanted the remote locks and actuators, so I opted not to add the horn, but I did install the flashing blue light...
• Re: Steering wheel removal
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:06:38 +0000
  Grab the top "lip" of the long horn bar and pull toward you and it will pop off. It's held in place by...
• FS: Vanagon Syncro in Maine
  Historical mailing list - deandrew
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 18:34:46 PST
  ...Body good condition, has some dents on slider and RR panel, windshield cracked, steering wheel horn cover missing, passenger side window crank handle broken...
• Re: Come out of the closet, all
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:56:50 -0700
  ...with mics, >and a bunch of wind instruments, including a French Horn. Ha ha, sounds like my house. I've always got guitars (acoustic...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:59:15 -0700
  > ... a wire running from pos (+) of battery to the horn ... Not that, in any case! A short, heavy wire to a fuse, and from...
• Rescue tape: Amazing stuff.!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 1 May 2016 08:01:17 -0700
  ...In an inline, that's a hose from the front of the head, with a right angle Bend and shaped like a horn. This...
• Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 10:13:38 +0000
  ...Also, sometimes the horn will toot when turning the steering wheel. Has anyone experienced this before? Thanks and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Bob...
• Re: Propex question - attention Karl if you are on list
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 19:54:26 -0800
  ...I had been hornswoggled by the de-icer on european vans, but now know its because of the gas mix (lpg, butane) they use...
• Re: installing other horns on a vanagon... BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:56:00 +1200
  >At 07:02 PM 2/12/02 -0500, you wrote: > >>Does this van belong to a list member? >> >>http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon...
• are there any dead ECUs?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:33:30 -0700
  ...I'm thinking of trying that "Megasquirt" EFI setup for my van since i'll always be shoe-horning in the increased displacement to...
• Re: Friday quiz
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 2 Dec 2022 10:27:30 -0800
  ...when placed on the stock horn keeps the same beep but > magnifies the sound louder then an air horn! BEEP! > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Dec 2...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 20 Jun 2023 22:29:07 -0400
  ...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: R134a in 88 Weekender.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:36:20 -0700
  Hey Stan, get on the horn, call Brewster's in Anchorage, Alaska and they will send you some kick-ass suspenders with hardware that...
• Re: G-mail (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:56:32 -0700
  ...here - that "half-honk" I was experiencing (and > thought was the horn ring) seems to actually be a sound the driver's seat > is...
• Winter projects
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:37:12 -0800
  ...I installed a Hella air horn, I put it and and the compressor up on the right front in back of the stock mount...
• jiffy lube
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:21:36 -0400
  ...1984 Westfalia(Green Hornet) [text/html]
• Re: dead spot on steering wheel contact (horn only works in turn) - 80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 13 May 2005 17:26:40 -0400
  Hello, you are right about the steering wheel being the culpret.Pull off the cover with the vw emblem.Just yank it off. Remove...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:08:44 -0500
  ...is a black plastic spacer,too.Usually, the coper foil tells you that it is going bad by honking your horn when making turning.
• Re: vanagon Digest - 25 Jan 2001 to 26 Jan 2001 - Special issue(#2001-129)
  Historical mailing list - Jon B Kanas
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 21:49:00 -0700
  ...A few seconds later the oil pressure warning horn began blaring as well. I eased it into neutral, crossed three lanes to the shoulder...
• RoadHaus - Montana Wild Horse Info Request
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 09:59:24 -0700
  ...One of the areas that has been suggested is Montana east of Red Lodge in the Big Horn Canyon area. Any other suggestions from...
• 1991 Carat - the drama continues
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:58:52 -0500
  ...As I rxited the highway at a cloverleave, my heart sank! As the van slowed the oil light came on with the warning horn...
• Re: How Long Was I Asleep?
  Historical mailing list - mike stainbrook
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 18:05:16 -0800
  so,just what is wrong with an AMC Hornet? Mike90260 ----- Original Message ----- From: Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: FRIDAY TOPIC: what's the worst thing that ever caught on fire in your Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:55:26 -0700
  ...I believe they come from tomato hornworms which are also pretty impressive. > > Yrs, > d
• Re: Need engine work in Little Rock/Memphis
  Historical mailing list - mary graham
  Thu, 29 May 2003 18:23:17 -0400
  ...if you see a gold westy with texas horned lizard plates, come by and say hi. mary _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses...
• Re: FW: Wandering in Wyoming...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 04:29:56 EDT
  ...The Big Horn mountains are beautiful and interesting. The different layers of soil are dated as you drive up some of the mountains. And...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 23:38:23 +0000
  ...the Horn Ring.12  years ago somewhere in Alabama, and that is a long way from San Diego.  Outside of a Laundrymat!  Yes, I...
• Re: Dealership Replacement Speedometer Housing Colour?
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 18 May 2016 15:54:04 -0700
  ...My horn gets regular use now as it becomes ever more dangerous on the roads. People are not "distracted" by phones, they are drawn...
• Re: CB Antennas and stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 May 1995 16:30:44
  ...Also, any good radio mounting ideas? Thanks! > > > > >Lewis Horn >z006539b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us > > >
• For Sale 1972 Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Wayne Ross
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 22:31:31 EDT
  In October of 1996 while attempting to bicycle the 16,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Cape Horn, Chile I collided with a...
• 81 Westy for sale in San Francisco Bay area. Will deliver anywhere in the west.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hornor
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:02:22 -0700
  ...but would be happy to talk if have interest. Mark C. Hornor mhornor@CHRM.com Crosby, Heafey, Roach and May Four Embarcadero Center San...
• I'm baaack with a question...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:58:06 EST
  ...got seized up, the plastic A/C ducts start cracking/crumbling, horn quits working... But the body, engine and transmission are in excellent condition...
• Modified Scirocco Steering Wheel and more F.S.
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 21:35:06 -0700
  ...I put a different turn signal ring on it and modified the horn so both should work (as they did on mine). I also...
• Re: Horn contact ring on steering wheel - where can I get a replacement
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 06:10:23 EDT
  In a message dated 03/07/2007 8:12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Does anyone know where...
• still resurrecting 65 camper
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 01:51:28 -0400
  ...the horn doesnt work. i tested it with my battery charger. then i went through my pile of (8)horns, and the only one...
• Re: Nexen Winguard 231 Ice Snow Tire?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:33:52 -0700
  Not to poke the hornet's nest of tire ratings again, but for me they don't have a high enough load rating. alistair...
• Re: Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:49:51 -0700
  ...Would you ( or anyone ) like to buy the fancy jetta one I just picked up - the ones with the 4 horn buttons in the...
• Re: Any musicians out there?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Bleau
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 22:28:21 -0600 (MDT)
  ...nice to be able to fit (pack) seven big guys and horns. My best friend, Joe, has a '70 bus and does the same...
• Re: 87 Vanagon: 3rd choice for gauge
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:10:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Re: Porsche power
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 10:32:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Mounting Hella 500's
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:48:27 -0500
  ...I called the local VW place and they had no listing for this part #, but did list 251 951 185A as a horn mount...
• Motoring in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:31:47 -0400
  ...I'm a gonna let You blow the horn; I'm a gonna let you blow the horn; A oorah, a oorah, a oogah...
• Trip Report (Boulder SVX motor purchase)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 13 May 2011 09:57:36 -0600
  ...It was inevitable that at some point during VW bus ownership, I would have the classic, honking horn syndrome. There we were, maneuvering an...
• Re: Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:25:44 -0400
  ...Still > checking this area and cleaning up horn contacts should be a good thing to > do. > > > Just can't imagine that is where the...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:28:14 -0400
  > Better get that order in/out quick: Pennsylvania: Gov. Tom Wolf ordered > “non-life-sustaining businesses” in Pennsylvania to close their physical > locations as...
• AW: another hatch strut victim
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 14:30:37 +0100
  > Brad Horner here, > I bought my vanagon with a pair of struts called "koblenz" from > Germany. > The man that I bought the van from...
• Failed my Safety Certification
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:42:02 -0500
  ...Grease on one rear brake shoe - what could this be? 4) Horn doesn't work all the time - I checked it it works if...
• C (was " a little [W]ednesday humor)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  18 Oct 1995 14:34:14 EST
  ...Hooo boy! The horn honks. Every five seconds. They practice inch-of-your life tailgating. Finally they do get past, and I get the...
• A man and his vans.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Peterson
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 18:15:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Fl) oh woe is me, the brake lights don't work, and neither does the horn. The failure of one, lead me to discover...
• Re: Vanagon ?Previa?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:17:10 -0400
  ...not go into any of the MiniVans without >some >serious shoe-horning. Will fit in a Previa just fine. Done it many times. > wasn...
• Re: Cutting/metal on metal noise
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:40:36 -0400
  ...Can't wait to share my Pull the wheel and check out your horn fixed and sliding contacts. You *may* be able to get...
• Re: CB Antennas and stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 1995 17:16:56 -0400
  ...Also, any good radio mounting ideas? Thanks! > > > > >Lewis Horn >z006539b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us > > > > ___________________________________ Derek Drew drew@interport.net (main address for e...