[T3] horn

[Keith Park]

If anybody has pictures of the install for a 65 single grille 6V horn im
interseted, I also need the brackets and horn for the Crate.,

Keith

> after spending hours looking for the problem, it seems the male connector
at
> the end of the steering column had migrated too close to the steering
column
> and the push on connector was grounding when i turned the wheel. i dont
> understand it actually but thats how it is.

This is at the BOTTOM end of the steering shaft, at the flex coupling,
right? 
I'll bet that the wire/connector shorted to the steering shaft. That would
make 
the horn blow. That's exactly what happened to my '68 many years ago.  

Maybe that's what you meant.

When you're just driving along, the shaft is "hot" and isolated from ground
by 
the insulated bearing at the top and the rubber flex coupling at the bottom.

Grounding the shaft will sound the horn. Grounding is usually done via the
wire 
down the center of the shaft, which is grounded at it's bottom end via the 
gearbox and a ground wire that jumps around the rubber bushings that hold
the 
front axle beam.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, WI USA

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