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a little peice of rubber strapped to the torsion arm and the car is no longer horney on turns. Keith ---------- > From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: [T3] Horn fook-up > Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 7:47 PM > > On 17 May 99, at 8:46, Keith Park wrote: > > > Sorry, there is no ground wire from the axle to the frame in ˆ´ here > > were the horn would never shut up! sounds like the author didnt really > > understand it eather, thanks for the quote though, interesting seeing how > > they tried to figure it out. > > The book I'm looking in has several wiring diagrams, but none of them > are specifically labeled 65. All of them appear to just be copied > from VW literature and all specifically call out a ground strap from > the front axle beam to the body. The 3 that I can find easily so far > are labeled VW 1500 Sedan, VW 1500 Karman [sic] Ghia from Sept 61 > [but it is clearly a Type 3 diagram], and VW 1600 sedan from Sept 66. > > I also know that the later model have this strap. > > I think it's unlikely that VW changed just for a year or 2 in the > middle, but I admit that it is possible. > > For me, however, the real problem I have with this is that the horn > sounds every time you lock the steering full left. I don't think VW > would have considered this acceptable. I believe what you have is a > car that someone altered before you got to it. > > The only part of the explanation that I posted that I can't visualize > is where the contact to the plastic mounted steering shaft bearing > was made. Can anyone shed any light on this? > > Jim > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org