<div dir="auto"><div>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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But finding and fixing my non-fuctioning horn problem still is a major concern for me.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I was hopful that Max's information about his horn problem would help me with my horn problem, too. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To the best of my knowledge Max's and my Type 3 are the only two original, one-owner cars in our Invasion Group.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Gary F. - Oregon WI</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 12:26 PM Jim Adney <<a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 22 Jan 2026 at 11:55, Gary Forsmo wrote:<br>
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> My horn inexplicably stopped working several years ago. It irritates me<br>
> to no end that it won't "beep".<br>
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The horn circuit is the most complicated and confusing circuit in the whole <br>
car. Basically the horn is supplied power directly from the fuse box and its <br>
ground is switched at the steering wheel hub. <br>
<br>
The power side is direct and simple. It's the ground path that's complicated <br>
and that's where the problem almost always is.<br>
<br>
Max didn't tell us where he disconnected the horn. If he simply removed the <br>
fuse, it's likely that this fuse also supplied other things and those other <br>
things are also likely suspects. If he removed a wire from the horn, then that <br>
narrows things down to the horn itself, or the long, complicated path to the <br>
steering wheel and to ground.<br>
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA<br>
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