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Thanks, Jim. That DOES help a lot. Jason ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> Reply-To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:52:11 -0600 >Note that Robert Mueller and Keith Park may have some special interest in >this. I know that Rob is having trouble figuring out his steering column right >now and Keith suffered under a misconception for years because a PO had >rewired his notch horn circuit and done such a nice job that it looked original. > >On 17 Jun 2002, at 11:49, Jason Ford wrote: > >> 1. Does the ground wire for the horn run directly to the button on a 1968-style >> Type 3? Or does the ground go directly to the steering column and THEN to the >> button via some assembly? > >Quoting from one of my early manuals since you're right, this is not covered >well in the Bentley manual: > >"The horn is connected to terminal 30 via the fuse box. A ground connection >passes from the horn through the (-) terminal of the turn indicator switch to >the ball bearing for the steering column which is insulated from the turn >signal switch by a plastic bush. When the half ring is actuated, the current >flows from the ball bearing to the steering column, upper part of steering >wheel hub, horn half ring and horn ground connection to the steering box. >The front axle is connected to the body by a ground strap and the horn half >ring is insulated from the steering wheel hub." * > >The horn circuit is one of the most confusing circuits on the car, and they >didn't help by changing it in 71. > >* Owner's Service Manual >For Volkswwagen Squareback & Fastback Sedans >published by Volkawagenwerk Aktiengessellshaft, 1966 >Printed in Germany 11, 1966 [in English] > >- >******************************* >Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org >Madison, Wisconsin, USA >******************************* > >------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> >For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/