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Surely Keith, the horn button/ring closes the circuit to the front axle ground connection, not the front beam itself. If your front beam is electrically floating, you have some very strange track-rod ends and needle bearings, or am I missing something very simple? Dave. UK VW Type 3&4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Keith Park <TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org> Date: 15 May 1999 16:20 Subject: Re: [T3] Horn fook-up >THIS ONE IS NOT INTUITIVE!! > >your horn button is connected to the axle beam with a wire across the >rubber coupler, it grounds the floating axle beam when the button is >pressed. the beam must be floating-electrically and not hit the lower >torsion arm on the left side when turning as the speedo cable grounds the >steering knuckle. > >the horn gets unswitched B+ from the fuse box and the ground side is >connected to the axle beam. If everything is right this all works. > >When working under there on your front end DISCONNECT THE HORN!!! otherwise >if your wrench ends up grounding the axle beam you get a NASTY bruise on >your forehead > > >DDDDDOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!! > > >Keith > >------ >> From: Chad <ccandgc@pixi.com> >> To: type3@vwtype3.org >> Subject: [T3] Horn fook-up >> Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 9:47 PM >> >> A quick question. >> >> How the HE*L do you connect the horn? >> Car-65 notch,6V >> Horn-new hella 6V >> Brand new wire in the steering colum to ground on steering coupler. >> >> I have the color diagram, but I think its for later models. >> >> Any ideas? This ones got me. I got a new main harness from B&S, and >> fabricated the front for myself, i pq fog lites and driving lites. >> Everythings ready to go, except the horn. >> >> >> TIA, >> Chad >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org >