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I would like to withdraw my previous suggestion about how the horn is wired on the early models. I found a description in one of my manuals that rang somewhat true. From what I have been reading here our various opinions seem to be converging. The hot wire runs from the fuse box to one terminal of the horn. The return from the horn runs back to the wiring harness and feeds up the steering column, somewhere in the area of the turn signal switch. Near that switch somewhere it connects to something that touches the upper bearing that the steering shaft turns in. That bearing, as well as the one at the bottom, is set in plastic, so is not grounded, but i<29 rovide contact to the upper steering shaft. When the horn ring is pushed the current is passed from the upper steering shaft to the horn ring and down a wire that runs all the way down the inside of the steering shaft to the rubber coupling where it connects to the steering gearbox side. A ground jumper from the top of the steering gearbox to the body completes the circuit across the rubber front axle mounts. I'll have to admit that I had never bothered to work this all the way out before. It just seemed like too much trouble and it had always been easy to just find the problems and fix them without really understanding what the whole picture was. As I try to remember it, I THINK my 68 was wired as described above, so my GUESS is that 61-70 was like this, and 71-3 used the slider under the wheel. This slider is a problem part, so I will consider changing to the earlier circuit next time I have trouble with this. Keith's method will work because the OE ball joints and tie rod ends have no metal to metal contact inside until they are worn out, but it will still allow the horn to sound every time you steer full left lock, thus shorting the axle beam to ground via the speedo cable as he mentioned. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/