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• removing horn button?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:31:56 -0400
  Hi all, The horn in my '80 has only functioned infrequently for some time. I think the trouble is in the horn button....when...
• Horn sounding intermittently
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:04:23 -0700
  ...321.419.661A Title: *Horn Contact Ring* Price:$37.00 BusDepot- Clocksprin <http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=321419661A> Turn Signal Cancelling Ring...
• 85 GL steering wheel horn fun
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:41:21 -0500
  ohhh man what a Friday I pull into work start to park and my horn starts shorting out under the wheel?? hmmmm kill power...
• Re: 85 GL steering wheel horn fun
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:09:55 -0700
  ...I had them looking all over the damned place for a horn contact ring. Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To...
• Re: 88GL Steering wheel part needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:40:26 -0500
  ...I need the horn "button" - that wide piece that mounts in the center of the steering wheel, to which the two horn ring wires...
• re: Paranormal VW story in AZ Republic newspaper (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 13:36:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...She told me that the horn had been beeping by itself. She was in a busy area and other drivers were glaring at her...
• Re: 89 Syncro Westy Rotors Needed
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 4 May 2001 10:22:34 EDT
  ...com writes: << Brakes in Italy? I thought they only used horns. >> Yep, horns are defitely less damaging than bricks. They slow down by wearing...
• Re: Steering Wheel Adust/Horn sounds
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:37:38 -0700
  Check the archives for stuff on the horn ring on steering wheel. I can't recall the exact anatomy of the steeering column right...
• Re: silly little question about the basics...removing plate over the horn on ...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:46:12 -0700
  ...I want >> to fix the horn. (When I plug it in, it just goooooooess...so I figured that >> the "trigger" is stuck, on the...
• Re: Help with horn wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:57:32 -0700
  ...On a related side note, the horn button (switch) is on the ground side of circuit. Hope that helps. Neil. On 4/23/21...
• Part number for horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:08:29 -0600
  What's the part number for the brass horn ring that wears out on vanagons so they sound like the bus on Little Miss...
• Electrical question on van's 12V motors
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:03:02 -0400
  ...I have had the same situation with my horn - 12 volts directly - no horn-beeb, install the horn through the van's wiring harness...
• Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:07:06 -0800
  ...That spot is really hard to get at for maintenance. > > Horn Ring - last time I replace the horn ring on my '88 GL, the...
• horn doesn't beep when running straight ahead
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:35:37 -0400
  ...The horn does not work when the steering wheel is centered, like when going straight down a road, but when it is turned around...
• I still need a 12v horn...
  Historical mailing list - No Quarter
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 23:32:01 -0500 (CDT)
  Well I posted to the 'serv about 2 weeks ago about needed a horn for a friend. I searched all the local junkyards and...
• Re: question on where to install alarm horn on 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:01:49 -0700
  ...I didn't notice any access to the nose of the van where the radiator is > located and where I thought an alarm horn...
• Location of horn ground wire
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:56:11 -0800
  I'm trying to locate the horn wire where it makes it's exit through the floor through the center of the steering shaft...
• Re: Horn "toots" when I insert key to start van!
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:07:09 -0600
  I had a similar problem in my 87, my horn would intermittently sound when I would turn the wheel or use the turn signals...
• Re: Horn stuck once and quit beeped again today
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:23:15 -1000
  the horn contract right in on the back side of the steering wheel. Need to remove steering wheel to see it. since a vast...
• Re: Horns
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:41:03 -0400
  Any horn other than stock I would absolutely install a relay. Taking the electrical load off the existing circuit eliminates issues with some aging...
• Re: new horns saved my ass today
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:04:11 +1200
  >My horn is odd. It doesn't have the classic "Road Runner" horn like my Jetta >does, it has a low volume, deep blow...
• Re: Horn contact ring on steering wheel - where can I get a replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 16:25:09 -0700
  ...The horn on my 87 began to act up intermittently today, so I pulled > the steering wheel and found the brass horn contact ring...
• Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:52:16 -0600
  Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights. That is about it anybody got a fix or work around to relieve my frustration...
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:30:04 -0700
  Entity Jeffrey Schwaia spoke thus: > Does anyone else accidentally honk their horn when starting their Vanagon > because a loose key gets into the space...
• Re: Horn Ring Question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 23 Jul 2022 12:51:51 -0700
  ...When you push the pad down those tabs make contact and the horn is on. Maybe those 2 tabs are too far down and...
• Re: Horn shorted to ground?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Wed, 8 May 2002 20:56:51 EDT
  ...switches. ( mine backed out a couple of turns and shorted the horn on as i was behind a police officer. No b.s. true...
• Re: how do you disassemble an '83 steering wheel?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 18:36:24 EST
  ...I've take the wheel off the column and > am trying to replace the horn contact ring underneath. I need to get to > the...
• Re: horn beeps when i turn the steering wheel???
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 11 May 2005 15:03:45 -0400
  ...so i replaced it..and the horn starts beeping whenever i turn > the steering wheel. > > so i did the following: > > -removed and replaced steering...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:44:53 -0700
  ...There's a post on the samba about long term wear on an unprotected horn relay mounted up around horn area. It was completely...
• Re: Adding Horns. B+ (30) To Power Horns OK?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:53:50 -0700
  ...install switch to allow use of stock or added (2) louder horns >> via 2 relays. >> >> Stock horn switch (ground) --> SPDT *switch to control negative...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:22:38 +0000
  ...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: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 19:52:08 -0400
  ...Did the > same repair...only...this time, I used White Lithium grease on Horn Ring I've heard reports of this. It's in...
• Re: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:29:36 -0800
  ...You can then drive some pretty serious air horns > as well!! It would be nice to get away from those wimpy Vanagon horns. > > John...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:22:58 -0500
  So, big 12v wire straight to the horn, big ground wire interrupted through the relay at 85 and 86, with the trigger and ground...
• Re: Rogue Horn
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 12:39:15 -0500
  ...Rogue Horn At 08:23 AM 3/21/2003, you wrote: >Hi all- > >My horn has decided that it likes to sound whenever I...
• Re: Needed: Horn Button or Black steering wheel near Philly. Redux
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 13:02:20 -0500
  ...Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php?submit= > yes&type=text&section%5B%5D=57&keywords=horn >
• Re: rust-proof exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:50:21 -0500
  On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, brad horner wrote: > How can I rust-proof my exhaust? I am assuming that the surface rust should > be...
• Re: Hit 4 Deer...Need body Parts
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:46:51 -0400
  ...remember use your HORN!! animals >respond to sound more than sight. >i do alot of night driving and everytime a animal has run out...
• Of lawn mowers, hornets, and Volkswagens
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 22:10:25 -0100
  ...right over a hornets nest! While being stung repeatedly by a large nest of angry hornets, I veered off of the lawn on my...
• Re: Horn button removal
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 15:40:26 EST
  ...COM writes: > Anybody out there know how to remove the center horn button on a 1979 VW > Camper Bus? > Looks as though somebody has...
• Horn "toots" when I insert key to start van!
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 23:39:28 -0500
  ...On three times in the last 6 months, our '81 has "beeped" the horn when we insert the key into the column switch and...
• Re: '90 Westy Horn not operating
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 17:31:26 -0700
  ...search horn in vanagon end the 'end' is so it ignores any footer that your email adds (like Yahoo). good luck -matthew
• Re: Looking for a padded horn button for a later model Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:27:59 -0800
  ...Are you sure it's not something to do with the horn contact ring on the back of the steering wheel ? that's what...
• Re: Super Horns
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:41:25 -0700
  On Jan 23, 2012, at 11:18 AM, george jannini wrote: > A second horn requires a relay- or so I've heard. > > Geo/ATL...
• Horn help needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:31:30 -0500 (EST)
  My silly horn stopped working in my 85 Westy. I can't find anything in my Bentley and the fuse panel isn't labeled...
• Horn Ring Question
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:32:00 -0600
  ...A new GW horn ring just arrived, so I switched out the old and installed the new. Again, simple. Put the wheel back on...
• Re: question on where to install alarm horn on 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:20:54 -0400
  ...I didn't notice any access to the nose of the van where > the radiator is > located and where I thought an alarm horn...
• Re: Fixing horn-Don't try this at home ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 21:35:50 -0700
  I thought a horn was to attract the attention of the other driver so he'd see you when you flipped him off. At...
• Horn blast
  Historical mailing list - Michael Amato
  Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:58:33 -0500
  ...getting your key stuck in the steering column and making your horn go off. I now have experienced it and must say it was...
• Re: dead spot on steering wheel contact (horn only works in turn)- 80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 13 May 2005 15:12:40 -0700
  ...Most horn rings wear out after X years of neglect, and then it's a bigger deal to fix. Randy Bergum Horny in Fullerton...
• Re: Hit 4 Deer...Need body Parts
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:27:19 -0600
  ...remember use your HORN!! animals > respond to sound more than sight. > i do alot of night driving and everytime a animal has run out...
• Re: FIXED Re: horn not working after replacing ignition switch?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:36:43 -0500
  ...Most don't realize there is an adjustment that locates the horn contact in proper relation to the ring on the backside of the...
• Re: VW horn ring tone
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 19:32:57 -0500
  ...That is what I plan to do. > > If you have a clear recording of your horn and would like me to > create a ring...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:17:37 -0700
  ...Because it is a horn circuit we are actually using the relay for controlling a ground wire after the horn rather than the more...
• Re: the trick on the horn contact ring ?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 19:23:35 -0400
  ...Mine is worn out at the steering wheel center position so I have to turn the wheel a little to use the horn. How...
• Horn strangeness ('82 diesel)
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 17:06:56 -0500
  ...This was both on the horn and on the connections to the steering column outside tube. If you have a friend (maybe a model...
• Horn Trouble
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 20:51:11 -0800
  ...My horn is sounding off when I turn the wheel hard left or right. I keep having to signal apology/bewilderment to other motorists...
• Re: Anyone upgraded the horn?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:42:14 -0800
  That's one of my favourite parts of my clown van, the horn. Beep - beep! Maybe she was giving you a compliment. :) On Feb...
• Re: [WetWesties] Re: 5400rpm rev limiting rotors for 10 bucks at cip
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:22:28 -0700
  That's why Airhead/VWG decided to repro the horn themselves 2 years ago. Yeah it's made in the Far East, but to...
• Re: Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:25:36 -0500
  At 12:52 PM 12/16/2002, Stan Wilder wrote: >Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights. >That is about it anybody...