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• Re: Horn Gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:17 EDT
  ...The horn ring on the steering wheel and or the contact on the column is worn out. Repair or replace are your options. Pull...
• Re: Now: long term wear horn relay. Was: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:43:12 -0400
  ...for those who are not willing to do the wiring > here's the link for a complete horn wiring harness with relay from Jay...
• Re: Horn stuck once and quit beeped again today
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 19 Feb 2016 06:47:33 -0800
  the horn doesn't use the contact ring. It has 2 metal contacts under the steering center pad,
• Re: Horns
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:02:21 -0400
  ...Steering wheel construction (not just VW) makes it easy to have a horn button switch-to-ground. Same reason that the door switches switch...
• Re: Super Horns
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:25:30 -0500
  ...Super Horns As much as I liked the cute meep-meep Herbie impersonation of my Vanagon's horn, I had one too many instances...
• Re: Thanks, it was the horn ring... who has 'em?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:51:25 -0700
  ...Thanks, it was the horn ring... who has 'em? > Thanks to all of you who came to my aid about the horn that wouldn...
• WANTED: brown horn button for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Harald Bus
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:03:23 +0200
  I�m searching a padded brown horn button from a Vanagon for my camper. Like this one in the picture: http://berg.heim.at...
• Cold + Ignition Key Jiggle = Horn
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:43:58 -0800
  ...When it gets cold, say freezing or under, the horn honks when I jiggle the key. What's the physical relationship between the horn...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:37:17 -0400
  SDF, Horn ring is in good shape. I lightly lubed the contacts because there is always some friction there. Works great! now I not...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:06:54 -0700
  ...till the crisis is over? what's the brand of the horn you sell? thanks dan On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:03...
• Easy One: Horn Button Removal
  Historical mailing list - James .
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 01:08:49 -0700
  ...I need to re-glue the vinyl onto my horn button. (It's the padded horn button on a '90) How do I pull...
• Re: Horn
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:57:13 -0500
  ...They had a switch on the dash so you > could choose between "city horn" and "country horn." Not a bad > feature. >
• power source for new "air" horn advice on power source
  Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
  Sat, 20 Jun 2020 10:38:41 -0700
  Installed a new air horn behind the passenger side headlight assembly Not the gowesty kit Plan to place the relay close by on the...
• Re: Steering wheels
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 19 Dec 2016 10:02:20 -0500
  ...Anyone selling the center horn button to fit an 85 Vanagon? I need both pieces of the horn button. Email me directly, need it...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:03:15 -0700
  The horn relay is nothing special, just a generic "bosch style" 4 pin relay. Every VW has a couple and many other cars do...
• Re: Needed: Horn Button or Black steering wheel near Philly. Redux
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 09:59:13 -0800
  http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php?submit=yes&type=text&section%5B%5D=57&keywords=horn
• WTB old school horn
  Historical mailing list - David
  Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:58:39 -0400
  Does anyone have the typical "beep beep" horn lying around that they want to get rid of? Thanks in advance! Dave 85 GL "Baby...
• Re: HORNS!!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 00:59:04 EST
  ...Get a pair of Fiamm dual tone horns. These have two slightly differing tones which combine to produce a beat. I first had these...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:18:41 -0400
  > are you still open for business? or I have to wait till the crisis is over? > what's the brand of the horn you...
• Re: Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Boland
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:12:16 -0600
  stan, disconnect the horn, drive in a way that you don't need to use it.. Mike At 11:52 AM 12/16/2002...
• Re: Thanks, it was the horn ring... who has 'em?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:42:51 -0500
  Brass horn contactor ring #321.419.661A On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:48:45 -0700 Kathleen Piper <pipkanan@hevanet.com writes: Greetings, all...
• horn problems
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 19 May 2003 08:58:44 -0500
  Hi all, Have a problem with my horn. I thought it was the mechanism (it had been sitting for awhile) so got a new...
• Re: horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:12:34 -0400
  ...24mm nut. > We have the new horn rings if you need one. > https://www.vanagain.com/shop/horn-contact-ring-for-back-of-steering...
• Re: Horn stuck once and quit beeped again today
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:34:07 -0500
  ...Horn stuck once and quit beeped again today the horn doesn't use the contact ring. It has 2 metal contacts under the steering...
• Re: Rogue Horn
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 17:38:21 -0800
  Eric Spletzer wrote: > anyone experienced this with their horn before and have an advice? Yes, try only making left-hand turns... -MB -- _______________________________________________________________________ Mark Belanger...
• Re: Horns
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 07:42:11 -0500
  This is a good to e to ask a horn question I've been wanting to ask. I kept the horn off my 91...
• Re: Horn "toots" when I insert key to start van!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:18:22 -0500
  That's usually because one of your other keys sticks into the slot where the horn contacts are under the steering wheel and shorts...
• Re: Horn Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 23 May 2002 08:29:42 -0700
  ...i believe he used either 6 or 8 horns. i don't know his website address, but it has a picture of the horn...
• '85 Westy Horn Erratic
  Historical mailing list - Phaedra Savage
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:38:25 -0800
  ...Had a brand new horn installed and whatever else was needed to make good contact in the steering wheel. Now she's erratic again...
• Re: Horn, why won't it stop blowing?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:34:26 -0500
  ...He sees that i have both hands out > in plane site and the horn is going like crazy and starts laughing. Could > this happen...
• Cigarette lighter and Horn
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 19:54:20 -0800
  ...after that horn started working when it felt like it... now it doesn't work... what can I do... I'd like to be...
• Re: horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:58:55 -0400
  ...I thought the > circuit was supposed to be constantly hot but maybe not? I jumpered the > horn and it beeps so the horn works...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:00:55 -0500
  ...While parked, ignition on, no horn rim, turned the steering wheel and the horn blows. Crazy! Drop,the steering column electrical harness and found...
• Re: Dual horn wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:34:36 -0700
  Thanks Mike! Horns work great thanks to your diagram. Very LOUD! Soccer moms on cell phones doing their hair in the rearview mirror: YOU...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:03:25 -1000
  ...When >>> I tighten down the steering wheel nut the horn will blow, back off the nut >>> and all,is well. The brass horn ring...
• Re: Help with horn wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:41:56 -0400
  ...I remembered I had a new horn purchased some 8 years ago and tried that as well. With the relay the new horn sounded...
• Re: HORN
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 08:59:00 -0400
  I put air horns in my 86 Van after I got hit cause a bozo couldn't hear me. Put a relay in place...
• Re: horn problems
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 19 May 2003 13:13:21 -0400
  At 09:58 AM 5/19/2003, Tonya Pope wrote: >attached to a dangling horn mechanism, they get close to 12V >(probably a matter...
• Horns
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:29:16 -0700
  I installed the two tone Hella Air Horn that uses an air compressor. I have a wire powering it and my fog lamps. It...
• question on where to install alarm horn on 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:22:40 EDT
  ...I didn't notice any access to the nose of the van where the radiator is located and where I thought an alarm horn...
• Horn gone
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:00:16 -0700
  My horn started honking itself and I noticed a bit of smoke from the area. At the same time frame I had stuck a...
• Re: Steering wheels
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 19 Dec 2016 10:21:12 -0500
  ...It's too cold for that. >> >> Anyone selling the center horn button to fit an 85 Vanagon? I need both >> pieces of the horn...
• horn beeps when i turn the steering wheel???
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 May 2005 14:54:39 EDT
  on my '85 vanagon, the #12 fuse (which controls the reverse lights and horn) was missing. so i replaced it..and the horn starts...
• Vanagon Wimpy Horn Solved
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 21:04:07 EST
  Vanagoneers; I have long lamented the wimpy horn with which my Vanagon left Germany. And there was only ONE. Not very fitting for a...
• how do you disassemble an '83 steering wheel?
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 18:21:40 -0500
  Anyone know how to take the horn button parts out of an 83 steering wheel? I found directions in the archives for a '91...
• Re: horn ring
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:12:11 -0400
  That stripped bolt is floating around and closing the circuit to allow the horn to honk. You need to replace your ignition lock housing...
• Re: Horn won't stop blowing
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:49:03 -0700
  I'll bet that the horn ring is worn and a loose end has kicked up and is making contact just like your key...
• Dual horn wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:40:52 -0400
  I drew up a VW dual horn wiring diagram and posted it to Picasa in case anyone wants to have a look. http://picasaweb...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:00:23 -0700
  thanks Neil, the instructions on the horn box (Bus Depot) is not very clear, with no indication of what number on the relay for...
• Re: Alternative Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:19:32 EDT
  ...Eventually you will cause undue wear on that horn contact. BenT Horncontacts <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html">Vanagon Cafe...
• Re: horn
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:03:40 -0400
  > I plan to replace the horn because it's week.. I want something louder... We have exactly what you need... https://www.busdepot.com...
• WTB horn contact
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:20:51 -0700
  ...They're all the same.) Steering wheel horn contact ring. Anyone have a serviceable one? Thanks, Jim
• Re: Low Mileage Syncro Westy for $6,000?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:31:39 -0600
  >............... > seven horns (wired inline) The 7 horns alone should raise the value to $23.5K +-!!!!! grin Tom-no seriously, so much for PTH (Who...
• Re: Rogue Horn - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 17:34:35 -0600
  ...Rogue Horn > >Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 12:20:21 -0600 > > > >My horn honks when I flick the bright lights on. > >I explored repairing...
• Re: 89 Syncro Westy Rotors Needed
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 4 May 2001 19:20:40 -0400
  ...Brakes in Italy? I thought they only used horns. I've driven in Italy and can confirm that they definately do not use brakes...
• Re: Horn problem-getting coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:48:17 -0400
  ...Horn problem SDF, Horn ring is in good shape. I lightly lubed the contacts because there is always some friction there. Works great! now...
• Re: Horn Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:28:42 -0400
  >The horn on my recently purchased '87 GL isn't working. Checked/replaced/reseated all fuses on the panel to no avail. Anybody got...
• Re: horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:23:11 -0700
  curious; was one, the, symptom horn honking by itself? I piece of wood between wheel and floor should suffice to steady steering wheel as...
• Re: Van Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:09:03 EST
  ...Any traps involved in getting the horn wiring to work in my 84 with that GTI wheel? I am going to run the horn...
• Re: power source for new "air" horn advice on power source
  Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
  Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:47:29 -0700
  ...It seemed like a good easy way to hook up the new horn power right close by and could just use the wires going...