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Re: [T3] Horn fook-up


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
>>
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