Under the steering wheel.  The hub contact wears a groove in the circular
wheel contact and little shavings start to short.  The dealers call the
needed part the turn signal reset button, or something to that effect.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Johnson" <stevej@WB32TV.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 4:02 PM
Subject: Horn shorted to ground?

> Yes, my horn stuck on early Sunday morning.
> I unplugged it as soon as I could pull over.
> I can't believe this still happens in type II's after all these years.
> On my old ' 69 I just ran an entirely new wire since I could see through
the floor boards
> (yes, I actualy had pieces of wood under the rubber matt) up front.
> My T3 is much nicer and I'll have to fix it right.
>
> Anyway, is there a commonly known failure area, where's the best place to
start looking?
>
> Steve Johnson
> ' 91 Carat