Seems to me I had this problem and it turned out to be a ground on the
steering column, if  I remember properly down near the floor somewhere.
Cleaning and tightening fixed it.
85 Transporter converted to Westfalia
Alan Pickersgill
Ottawa Ontario
Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: Tobin Copley <tcopley@mail.unixg.ubc.ca>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 3:41 PM
Subject: Horn strangeness ('82 diesel)

> The horn on my bus is, um, hoarse.  I get a sound, but is sounds
> muffled or strangled.
>
> I've already replaced the horn unit itself with a Bosch unit, and no
> change in the odd sound.  I'm thinking there is a wiring or ground
> problem somewhere.
>
> The contacts at the switch on the steering wheel appear fine.
> Bentley wiring diagram shows two other places to check:
>
> Ground connection on steering box: I crawled under there, but could
> not see a connection.  Where on the steering box is the connection?
> I was looking at what bentley also calls the "transfer case", which
> is where the steering column input is transferred aft to the
> rack--this is the right place, no?
>
> "Single wire connector behind dash":  Ugh.  Lotsa spaghetti in there.
> Anybody fiddled with this before can give more precise indication of
> where to find the connector?
>
> Any other tips would be most welsome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> T.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca
>
> '82 westy 1.6 NA diesel ("Stinky")
> '97 son Russell                                   =============
> '99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
> 1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
> 1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
> Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)