[T3] Invasion prep

[Gary Forsmo]

Thanks ... again ... for your comments.  You & I have gone over this "horn
problem" several times without finding where in the (as you note) grounding
side of the circuit the problem exists.

You've also told me that, to the best of your knowledge' none of your cars
have a functioning horn.  Fixing that on your cars is certainly your
choice.

You have been extremely helpful in maintaining my 1969 Type3 Squareback
over the past 16 years.  And I appreciate the availability of your time,
location,  knowledge, "special" tools, etc.  All of that has kept my car
"roadworthy", ... 'cept that darn non-functioning horn.

But finding and fixing my non-fuctioning horn problem still is a major
concern for me.

I was hopful that Max's information about his horn problem would help me
with my horn problem, too.

To the best of my knowledge Max's and my Type 3 are the only two original,
one-owner cars in our Invasion Group.

Gary F. - Oregon WI

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 12:26 PM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 22 Jan 2026 at 11:55, Gary Forsmo wrote:
>
> > My horn inexplicably stopped working several years ago.  It irritates me
> > to no end that it won't "beep".
>
> The horn circuit is the most complicated and confusing circuit in the
> whole
> car. Basically the horn is supplied power directly from the fuse box and
> its
> ground is switched at the steering wheel hub.
>
> The power side is direct and simple. It's the ground path that's
> complicated
> and that's where the problem almost always is.
>
> Max didn't tell us where he disconnected the horn. If he simply removed
> the
> fuse, it's likely that this fuse also supplied other things and those
> other
> things are also likely suspects. If he removed a wire from the horn, then
> that
> narrows things down to the horn itself, or the long, complicated path to
> the
> steering wheel and to ground.
>
> --
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> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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