Hi Don,

Is that the "Meep Meep" horn?? If so I will pick one up this week.  
There's a P/A not far from a customer of mine in Mississauga.

</Greg>

Quoting Don MacInnis <eurodon@yahoo.ca>:

> Hey Greg. Princess Auto has 12volt Hella horns.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "greg@pottsfamily.ca" <greg@pottsfamily.ca>
> To: The_Bug_Pack@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:43:12 PM
> Subject: [BP] Meep Meep!!
>
>
> Hi Volks,
>
> The horn on my Vanagon has been blowing fuses lately, so I had a look
> at it over the weekend. I wound up surprised that it ever worked at
> all!!
>
> First off, I was never really thrilled with the sound, as it's a
> generic GM/Ford/Chrysler style horn that goes "HONK" rather than
> "Meep". And as such, it has one terminal to supply voltage, going to
> chassis ground.
>
> When I got the vanagon back in April, the horn was working. Then I
> tried it again in May, and it didn't work, which I soon traced to a
> blown fuse. Once I replaced the fuse, the horn worked fine, at least
> for a while. And then it blew the fuse again. And again, and again.
> (Apparently I am a slow learner!)
>
> This past weekend I set aside some time to check it out. First I
> pulled the positive wire to the horn, and it was still blowing the
> fuse. So I checked the other wire, and was surprised to find it ended
> at a ring terminal on the bolt that holds the horn to the chassis
> bracket. No wonder it was blowing fuses!!! I am REALLY surprised that
> it ever worked in the first place.
>
> Once I removed the ring terminal from the chassis, it stopped blowing
> fuses. But then I couldn't use the horn. Which I needed to have
> working, as I wanted to take Matthew out for a driving lesson that
> afternoon. (He now has a learners permit and needs to learn to use a
> clutch) So I fabricated a short bracket from a hunk of 5/16" thick
> plexiglass to isolate the horn from the chassis. Once I had the horn
> bolted to that and the ring terminal isolated from chassis ground the
> horn worked fine and it still isn't blowing fuses.
>
> But after all that work, I still don't like the sound. I'd much rather
> have it go "Meep Meep" like a proper VW should. Does anyone have a
> spare VW horn available for local pickup in the GTA or delivery to
> Peterborough this weekend
> or Warsaw next weekend?
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto Ontario Canada
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
> www.busesofthecorn. com
> www.pottsfamily.. ca
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