Volks-

Well, I finally . . . FINALLY (after all, I was recently laid off, got
married, honeymooned, and am doing house renovations) yanked off the
steering wheel and took a look underneath, and sure enough - Turns out my 19
year-old has been shaving for YEARS.

Seriously!
Click on the link below and check out the brass shavings that I found.
Cleaned it all up though (both steering column side and wheel side) and hit
it with a generous helping of electrical connection lubricant, and problem
solved!
. . . Or, solved for NOW anyway....

http://picasaweb.google.com/T3Vanagon/SteeringColumn#

-Drew, Las Vegas
'90 GL "Blackbeard"

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Matt Drew <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Subject line pretty much says it.
> A few things-
> * Happens primarily at low speeds, like when pulling into a parking spot.
> * Happens when turning the wheel with one hand (downward pressure on the
> wheel).
>   -Doesn't happen when driving normally (straight). I can push as hard as I
> want on the wheel at any point and it won't engage the horn.
> * I haven't yet removed the 24mm nut under the horn to clean and lubricate
> in order to rule this out as a cause of the scraping sound, but I have taken
> the horn off a couple of times and put it back in.
>
> So I guess the question I should be asking is . . .
> Where is the most likely location of the short?
>
> OR did I unwittingly replace the horn pad incorrectly and nudge one of the
> 2 wires?
>
> --
> Drew, Las Vegas
> '90 GL "Blackbeard"
>

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Drew, Las Vegas
'90 GL "Blackbeard"