Hi Ken,
Isee . Never had a problem with one before.

I'll sure say that one can work on VW's just forever. ..
and still see failure modes they've never seen before.

I do have one, in good condition.  ..
that's black vinyl padded, usually seenon a Vanagon Power Steering
steering wheel.

I am kinda jammed the rest of this week ..need to load up and take off
for a trip to my transaxle rebuilders .

Scott
www.turbovans.com

On 2/27/2013 5:17 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote:
> Scott, I always suspect the horn ring first since they do wear out over
> time.  However this time the problem is in the horn button itself.  There
> are plastic fingers that interlock at three points inside the button.
> Around these fingers there are springs.  The springs keep the two halves of
> the inside of the horn button from touching when you aren't pushing on it.
> There are two metal sheets with dimples on them that are held apart and
> when you press the horn, these two metal sheets touch at one of the dimples
> which completes the circuit and the horn sounds.  One of the fingers is
> totally broken away.  The spring was sitting inside the horn button
> randomly moving around every time I turned the wheel.  So you get a version
> of horn roulette where you spin the wheel and then take your chances about
> whether the horn is going to sound or not.  It is not a fun game :-(
>
> A good used horn button will fix the problem.  Just be careful not to punch
> your horn button in anger.  It may lead to the button getting revenge on
> you later :-)
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>>   I probably have one Ken.
>> Are you sure it's not something to do with the horn contact ring on the
>> back of the steering wheel ?
>> that's what usually messes up.  Pretty common considering the age of all
>> these Fine Machines.
>> That horn ring should be lubed once a year too .  I don't think any of
>> them ever do get lubed.  They wear badly, eventually, in just one spot -
>> that corresponds to driving straight down the road most of the time.
>> scott
>> turbovans
>>
>>   On 2/26/2013 12:51 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote:
>>
>> I am in need of a nice condition padded horn button for a late model
>> Vanagon.  Black pleather is what I need and it needs to not be broken.
>> Current one is randomly honking whenever the demons inside tell it to.  I
>> tried sprinkling with Holy Water but at this point I just need to exercise
>> it into the trash can.  If anyone can help me out please pmail me.
>>
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16www.vanagain.com
>>
>>
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