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On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 22:22, Eric Helton wrote: > Hi all, > > I just moved to Pittsburgh and have to pass the safety > inspection. Perhaps I should have done this when I > got the car in '98, but I finally decided I should > get the horn working... > > Well, I ended up breaking a second of the four plastic > press-fit connections that hold the face plate of > the steering wheel to the wheel. So, now this large > piece of plastic is only attached on one short side > and pushed out by the springs on the other. It's > a '72 squareback. All the steering wheels I've > seen online appear to fit just about anything up to > 1971, but not '72. > > Does anyone have any suggestions or parts? I could > probably do with just a new front plate (that you > push to sound the horn). However, one of the pieces > on the wheel itself is broken, so I'd still only > have three connection points. > > It got dark on me, so I don't know how more comes off > the wheel. I was pretty frustrated, so I needed to > quit for the night. > > I'd love to fix this soon, as my tags expire Wednesday > (yes, I know...) and I think I get 10 days from > the application for the plates/title to get the > safety inspection. I suppose I could fail the > inspection and get temp plates anyway... > > Any ideas? > Your steering wheel should be the same as a beetle of the smae vintage. Shoulnt be too hard to find what you need in the salvage yards. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~