At 04:12 PM 7/14/2015, Dennis Jowell wrote:
>***I forgot to add below that I would pay for the Westy jack for my
>88 Westy. Sorry about that.
>
>I wanted to update the horn issue I had. I wasn't happy with the
>washer repair That was done although it did work. It didn't seem
>correct that I had to add a washer. This morning  I dove into it
>further and came up with what I think was the problem and a way to
>correct it. First I removed the upper and lower steering wheel shaft
>black plastic covers. I noticed the the directional, high and low
>beam electrics along with the wiper control was on the shaft and is
>set on a slotted Allen screw. This screw holds the complete assembly
>to the shaft. I loosen the Allen screw and gently tapped the
>assembly maybe .010 lower. It was already pretty much set down to
>its extreme. Then removed the washer I installed, tightened
>down  the steering wheel and now the horn works as it should work.

Once you added the washer, taking it out didn't change
anything.  Adding the washer caused the black spacer sleeve to seat
farther down which pressed the lock/bearing/switch assembly deeper
into the plastic part labeled "ring" in the Bentley diagram and
increased the clearance between wheel and switch plate.  Taking the
washer out doesn't move things back up the column.

What the Allen clamp-screw adjustment does is change the spacing of
the plastic shroud to the steering wheel.

>On a different note does anyone have a working 1988 vanagon tire
>jack they would want to part with? Mine will not jack the Westy up.
>The star drive head pops out of the track as I'm trying to raise the
>Westy. I might be able to get to the Westy's by the River event for
>a couple of hours but my Westy is behind the barn until I get fuel
>and coolant issues corrected.

If yours does not have plastic cladding on the side I have one that
will work.  It's still not totally assured, but I expect to be at
West River and can bring it there.  P-mail me.

Yours,
David