funny little speed bumps like that hold me back from a classic white bakelite with chrome horn ring swap ...

--- On Mon, 12/5/11, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

> From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
> Subject: Horn Ring
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 9:30 AM
> A while back I had horn issues. The
> horn would, of it's own accord, just
> start blowing - or so it seemed. Turned out to be a worn
> out horn ring.
> I bought from a list vendor a new, genuine, official horn
> ring, and when
> I installed it, I still had horn blowing issues. No matter
> what I did, I
> could not get the steering wheel to seat properly with the
> new horn ring
> in place. After a frustrating period of time, I discover
> the new,
> genuine, official horn ring was different from the worn out
> one I took
> off. Fortunately, I had saved the old ring, and was able to
> swap the
> metal parts from the new to the old. That worked. But it
> was a giant
> PITA until I found the source of the problem. There is a
> new shoulder on
> the new horn ring that is not on the old one, and this will
> not allow
> the steering wheel to seat properly.
>
> I have a comparison picture of the two rings and am
> wondering if
> someone could host this picture on their web site.
>
> Just let me know,
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
> --
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>