[T3] Horn Beeps on its own

[Robert Klein]

That's funny mine does that too. I have a 69. People look at me all crazy :)

Sent from the desk of Robert Klein 


On Jan 29, 2016, at 6:00 PM, "Dave Hall" <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> Have you checked the spacing between the steering wheel and the column
> housing?
> 
> On the '71 the return wire from the horn comes to a connection on the
> indicator switch, and thence to the steering wheel through the sliding
> contacts and is grounded by the horn contacts to the steering column then
> the steering box via the braided wire that goes across the steering
> coupling.  There's no movement of the wire itself.  You may have a stray
> wire brushing to ground at the coupling, or more likely an eccentric
> movement of part of the contact mechanism at the steering wheel.  Try moving
> the steering wheel with the front end lifted to see if you can replicate the
> problem reliably.  Push and pull on the steering wheel as well.
> 
> http://home.clara.net/hallvw/wire71t3.htm
> 
> Dave
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> 
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> On Behalf Of J. Jonik
> Sent: 29 January 2016 23:09
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> Subject: [T3] Horn Beeps on its own
> 
> It's a 71 Sqbk.   I haven't yet pulled out all the stuff in the trunk to
> follow the horn wire but it's obviously grounding itself somewhere (and then
> beeping) when I hit little bumps on left hand turns. The question is...
> where?   Maybe in steering wheel?  NB:   When I intentionally use the horn,
> for now, I just touch the steering wheel wire to the metal. 
> 
>> Another thing: horn beeps when hitting little bumps while turning 
>> left. Ground wire in steering wheel is disconnected pending 
>> replacement of? plastic cover (which won't stay attached to the 
>> wheel).
> 
> What year? The circuits changed in '71.
> 
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