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• Re: Why is "reply to" the poster, not list?
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:13:02 -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" *******************************************************************************
• 87 vanagon jump-started then over heated
  Historical mailing list - brad horner
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:24:25 -0500
  ...previously; is that because the old relay was abused from so many jump starts and it eventually gave way? Brad Horner shazam@dnet.net
• Re: Replacement steering wheels
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 05:48:47 +0200
  ...The wheel fits without any problem, and both horn and turn signal canceller works perfectly. My Syncro is of the Armstrong type now, as...
• Re: Catastrophe???(Oil lite and oil alarm on!)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 00:58:13 -0500
  At 12:11 AM 1/26/2001, John Rodgers wrote: >How is the oil pressure light and the warning horn related in this case...
• Re: G-mail (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:35:45 -0400
  ...here - that "half-honk" I was experiencing (and > > thought was the horn ring) seems to actually be a sound the driver's seat > > is...
• Re: FRIDAY TOPIC: what's the worst thing that ever caught on fire in your Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:31:04 -0500
  ...I believe they come from tomato hornworms which are > also pretty impressive. > > Yrs, > d >
• Re: FRIDAY TOPIC: what's the worst thing that ever caught on fire in your Westy?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:42:53 -0500
  ...I believe they come from tomato hornworms which are > also pretty impressive. > > Yrs, > d >
• Re: Nexen Winguard 231 Ice Snow Tire?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:32:08 -0700
  ...On 4/13/11, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Not to poke the hornet's nest of tire ratings again, but for me...
• ceramic caotings( was Re: The trans)
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Fri, 24 May 1996 14:12:51 -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: SPAM ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 7 May 2004 08:49:11 -0700
  ...Fortunately a group of > enterprising Hawaiian chefs, raised and bred the horny beast in captivity. > > Hurray for Spam, the wonder meat. > > Names were changed...
• grinding noise under steering wheel while turning.. read!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:57:52 EST
  ...one of the screws had worked its way loose and was grinding against the brass horn contact ring on the back of the steering...
• More for Neil
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 3 May 2008 22:35:13 -0700
  ...They have a whole line of fuel rails, throttle bodies, air horns, engine management systems, injectors, fuel lines, and they do lots of VW...
• Re: Friday - banigng your head and other irrelevant babbling
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:14:01 -0500
  I don't accidentally honk the horn much. Only once in a while, when I'm experimentally squishing the stuff over it to see...
• On Deer, cows, etc.(No van content)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:13:50 -0700
  ...free-roaming vaca population, led by Esmeralda, a rather large long horned Brahma cross cow. She was quite fearless and very hungry all the...
• W-8 conversion--
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:33:05 -0500
  ...plumbing nightmare--- But what about a naturally asperated W-8, shoe horned into the back end of the Vananone? The engine isn't all...
• Re: Audi Steering wheel on a diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 14:20:09 EDT
  ...Otherwise the wheel will sit too high on the shaft to make contact with the turn signal and horn contacts. BenT http://hometown.aol...
• I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 13:02:11 EDT
  ...the quick pass then get in front of you, invoke the horn or even the 'finger'. I have even found a bunch of repeat...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:02:19 -0700
  ...I'm afraid that's (somewhat) what the logo on the horn button looks like when the wheel is installed 180 degrees off. d
• New Beetle Sighting
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 11:40:59 -0700
  ...last friday morning at approximately 8am on I-10 between Van Horn and El Paso Texas. They were in two groups of two, each...
• Re: sink/faucet revisited
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:56:26 -0300
  ...I added 2 smaller diameter hoses and a "horn button" on the floor so that now I can use both hands in the sink...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:17:34 -0700
  ...you use as little as you can any signals, brake and horn, no head light either. You may be able to drive to Redding...
• Re: Scraping sound turning the wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:55:43 -0500
  ...I jerked it out with a pair of longnose and drove it for weeks that way before replacing the horn ring. Something was weird...
• Re: 89 Westy Arrives
  Historical mailing list - Katy
  Fri, 26 May 2000 09:59:07 -0500
  ...It's on both sides so I don't think it was horns. Grrrr......now how am I' going to find the matching paint...
• Re: Another Monster Battery Option For Stock Locations
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 2 May 2012 13:00:51 -0400
  ...I've got to ask, how the hell do you shoe horn a group 31 > under th drivers seat? Does your Vanagon have a...
• Re: THis may be a Silly Question - '85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:51:26 +0000
  ...No amount of horn blowing or light flashing would get the old guys attention. I could just imagine him in the truck saying his...
• Re: Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:10:47 -0700
  ...It got mighty hot IN the van, but I never got the low pressure warning horn nor the warning light.
• Re: Oil cooling and levels
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 07:17:49 -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" *******************************************************************************
• need power- mirror
  Historical mailing list - HERMANN DE BOER
  Tue, 23 May 2000 09:50:19 -0500
  ...A louder fiamma horn would have probably prevented the accident. The RV driver claimed that he neither saw nor heard me. And believe me...
• Re: ebay car?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:25:54 -0500
  ...WeekEnder? Someone should write him and tell him it's the HORN! >Still, if I had more room in my driveway... >Doug >'90 GL...
• Re: Come out of the closet, all
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:30:58 -0800
  ...with mics, and a bunch of wind instruments, including a French Horn. My first bus was a 66 SO-42 I got in 73...
• Re: Got a new Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:43:51 -0600
  Additional Item > Inspect, Clean, Grease & If Needed & Doable Repair, the "Horns" on Front Shift Shaft in the Shift Gate Box above Spare Tire ~ On...
• No Lo/Hi Beams
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:36:52 -0600
  ...literally (pristine, Prong Horn Antelope & Chip Monk infested BLM), just outside Bryce Canyon NP .... with good wireless!! '87 Syncro Westy, relays, aux "driving lights...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Martin
  Wed, 19 May 1999 18:19:05 -0500
  ...time? Is there a ground that could be intermitant, as my horn doesn't always work due to a bad ground some where ? Thanks...
• Re: 1st Most important specialized waterleaker measurement device
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:56:33 -0400
  ...long have you owned that syncro? Take the bull by the horns, Tom. Sounds like a good approach, with the heater hoses near the...
• ****************** VANAGON FOR SALE ***************************
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:07:22 -0500
  ...Everything works except horn and windshield squirty things. Van runs and drives excellent. Has the usual dings from being 18 years old. Paint is...
• Re: Steering wheel problems
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 06:57:51 EST
  Julianna, There are two horn contacts in the steering wheel assembly. The culprit is usually the bottom contact. It is supposed to be lubircated...
• Re: diesel Vanagon vs. MB, Volvo, other diesel VW
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:42:46 -0500
  ...Zeitgeist wrote: > Ah, I've been dreaming of shoe-horning an OM602 (5 cyl turbo) in there, and > then bumping the output to around...
• Re: Trip Report (Boulder SVX motor purchase)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 13 May 2011 11:58:54 -0700
  ...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: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 12 Jan 2019 23:17:21 +0000
  ...On the classic "grinding" sound from horn ring, you definitely want to use white lithium grease; if you use dielectric grease, it will only...
• Re: Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:04:27 -0400
  ...It was a perfect fit and the horn hooked right up. It was a smaller diameter so it did block the view of the...
• Re: try to beat this deal of the day.
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 06:42:15 -0800
  ...fuel pump = free > 8 brass fuses = free > > and 2 audi 5000 horns for a grand total of 6 bucks. > > I love so cal do...
• Re: busted AC fitting
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:06:39 EDT
  ...The fitting, plus a new horn button and a heater lever, was $10. Good deal! I also picked up a steel engine hatch cover...
• Parts wanted for '88 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Sat, 6 Nov 2004 23:16:19 -0800
  ...Stuff I'm looking for 1) Horn contact for steering wheel. The ring that attaches to the steering wheel not the steering column 2...
• New Years Wish
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:07:03 -0800
  ...Wounded Knee Peace From the rolling hills of the Little Big Horn Peace From the fences at Gettysburg Peace From Antietam Peace From the...
• Re: Tires, Parts, Etc.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 25 May 2017 18:48:08 -0400
  ...the ones i have are new, but are not Van rated >> (4ply instead of 6ply) >> >> The steering wheel cover or horn cover is not...
• Re: Noisy steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:02:01 -0800
  ...Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I bet it is the horn contact ring being chewed up by the harder (beryllium?) copper contact strip...
• Re: Fuel Gauge quit and annoying squeak
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:05:43 -0600
  My squeak was the contacts for the horn worn out and scraping instead of sliding! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On Nov 21...
• Re: alt bracket
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:15:05 -0500
  ...Tzung-Horng Yang <> Subject: '90 Vanagon alternator bracket problem I Daniel Stevens Business Systems Specialist
• Re: Le Tour and vw's
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wasson
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:17:29 -0400
  ...They both featured the T-Mobile "chime/ring" that you hear on the commercials as their horn sound. I wasn't fast enough to...
• Re: steering wheel scraping gone
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:40:23 -0500
  ...steering wheel scraping gone THANKS LIST!!!!!! my husband took off the steering wheel relubed the horn ring and tightened the steering wheel to the...
• Re: Motoring in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:35:54 -0700
  ...m a gonna let You blow the horn; > I'm a gonna let you blow the horn; > A oorah, a oorah, a oogah, oogah...
• starter relay,bars leaks,Newark Electronics
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 18:01:50 -0600
  ...You do need a reasonably strong one(the Ghia horn relay always worked fine, a radiator fan relay from a rabbit or Vanagon should...
• VW Win95 Theme
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Sarantites
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:09:49 -0600 (CST)
  ...If you know where I can get any of these, please let me know: * Sounds (horns, revving engines, stalls, etc) * Animated .GIF files you...
• FW: heater fan probelm
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:49:26 -0400
  ...When i have tested light, whipper, turn, horn, hazard etc..., i have realized that the blower fan doesn't work. i have checked power...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:27:11 -0800
  ...Three sounds (bangs on the scuba tank; blasts of the ship's horn; etc.) I believe is the universal distress signal. Maybe flashing 3...
• Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:43:38 -0700
  ...I've ever seen, folks routinely lock their cars (causing the horn to beep and me to jump) even when dashing the 20 feet...
• Archives on DVD?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:25:57 -0600
  ...Hope its not a hornet's nest to ask about such a thing :-) John
• FW: Darrell Bohler Digitool
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:37:46 -0400
  ...Doug Hornberger Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Subject: Re: Darrell Bohler Digitool http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/ mailto:midwesty@midwest.net...
• Re: Steering wheel options
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:25:36 -0600
  ...Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:09:27 -0400 I am wondering if the Sciroco steering wheel has the horn? What are the direct nice...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:30:45 -0400
  ...Let me know if there are any parts I should be pulling off this > thing! I pulled the voltage stabilizer and horn control. They...