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Dear Al & Crystal: Thanks for the information. I will check this all out at my next available opportunity. Of course I'll let you know how this turns out (:->! Sincerely, Allen 70' Squareback Big Al wrote: > >Erickson, Crystal wrote: > >> Your problem with the horn is due to the three bolts on the steering > >> wheel that you have tight! Loosen them up!... > > > Allen Moore wrote: > ... > > The screws in the center of the steering wheel are tight, and when > > you push the horn ring, it goes down and when you release it, it > > comes "back up". > ... > > > > Please clarify. > > OK, the three bolts that Crystal is talking about are under the crest button in the horn ring. These unfortunately will not solve your problem. These bolts are supposed to be tight, they are shanked bolts that have a shoulder on them to allow movement of the horn ring. > > Your problem is either the ground wire inside the steering shaft has worn away it's insulator and/or your steering shaft is touching metal inside or down the column. > > Then try this: (KEY OFF) at the steering box find where the ground wire exits the steering shaft. Clip a test wire from your ohm meter to the contact at the end. Now check for continuity to any body metal you might find (shiny metal might be hard to find in the wheel well, try inside the trunk, like the gas sender unit. Bolts, not the wire.) > > If it completes the circuit you have your problem area inside the column. There is a short between the contact point you first connected and the horn button. > > Now take that test wire still connected and touch the other end (let's call this end "B") to good metal with the key on and the horn should honk in the manner it was fashioned. Controllable. > > End "B" is what the horn ring does. It grounds the wire coming from the horn through the column grounding it to the column sleeve attached to the chassis. So for the techies: + from fuseblock to horn grounded at horn button. > > So if there is a short in the wire and the steering shaft touches the column sleeve, it is overriding the horn ring. There is a bushing that retains the steering shaft. > > Try this 2: turn on the key. (horn blaring continually, right?) push and pull the steering wheel - up, down, left, right, in & out very firmly. (Don't touch the horn ring.) If the horn cuts in and out, you found your problem. > > Big Al > > Just remember, no matter where you go, there you are. -- > > ____________________________ > > http://www.autographica.com/vw > > for all things Volkswagen: > Houston Volkswagen Club > Type 3 Parts Book ONLINE! > Type 3 Cabriolet Prototype Project > The Rebus Project - '62 Notchback > ------------------------------------------------