Scott,
What electricity conducting lubricant would you recommend for the
contact finger against the horn ring?

Thanks,

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 4/7/2011 3:49 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> hi.
> that female spade connector..
> is about the most common wire connector there is .....
> particularly in VW.
> Surprised you don't have 20 of them laying around. ..like even in your
> road
> parts and tool kit.
> Can't work on VW's without them.
>
> the new horn contact rings come that way, I just got one. No big deal.
>
> you are sure all the switch connectors are plugged in around the steering
> column ?
> there are 2 or 3 there.
>
> I've never seen wipers not work in at least some mode.
> I'd say check your work carefully.
> there is an intermittent wiper relay device ...doubt that's your problem.
> I think the wipers will work but not self-park if that part is bad or
> missing.
>
> btw ..
> the horn contact rings wear badly after these 25 years or so.
> One spot, in the 5 o'clock position ( as you sit in the driver's seat
> looking at the steering wheel ) gets all the wear.
> at the very minimum ...all vanagons should have 'something' for a lube on
> that contact arm, that rubs on the contact ring ...wd-40 .....dielectric
> grease ...'something' once in a while.
> They can not run bone dry for 25+ years without tearing up the horn
> contact
> ring in that one spot.
> and the arm that rubs on it for electrical contact.
>
> the arm that rubs on it..those get trashed..
> clean that up, smooth it out with a small file, rebend it for a new
> contact
> spot, etc.
>
> Left completely untouched 'forever' ..
> it's just get mangled and tear itself up ...result - no horn.
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:31 PM
> Subject: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
>
>
>>  Triple Argh!!!
>>
>> Just installed new ignition switch and new horn contact ring. But for
>> one item, the job went off without a hitch. Didn't see any problems with
>> old parts coming out, nor with new parts going in. Went very smoothly
>> except for the "But for one item" part. In that case, I discovered the
>> new horn contact wire came with a different connector on the end of the
>> connection wire. The connection is a blade type, and the new female side
>> of the connection was one half the width of the old female connector.
>> Meaning, there was no way that new female side was going to fit the old
>> blade. I had to jump through some hoops to find the correct replacement
>> connector. Where I live - in a fairly rural area, made distant trips to
>> various FLAP"S necessary to find that single correct connector. Found
>> it, fixed it, put the steering well back on. Reconnected the battery,
>> put in the key, started her up. No problem. But - when  testing the
>> wipers - NO GO! Jiggled the key - still no go. Checked fuses, OK.  So
>> now I'm stumped. The ignition switch is supposed to be the most likely
>> culprit in wiper failure, but apparently not in my case.
>>
>> Any ideas as to where to start trouble shooting??
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>> --
>> John Rodgers
>> Clayartist and Moldmaker
>> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
>> Chelsea, AL
>> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>
>