Josh; Our 85 had a lot of intermittent horn problems. I suspected a poor contact unable to pass the current. Clean as I might it never stayed. I installed a relay at the horn to handle all the current. Then the horn button only had to energize the relatively small coil of the relay. No problems since. Place the contacts between the hot wire and the horn. Ground the other horn and relay terminal at the horn mounting bolt. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe -------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:03:51 -0800 Josh Monson <jmonson@USWEBCKS.COM> writes: >At risk of being lynched by this mailing list, I was >trying to replace my VW-horn with a louder one..... >The old horn worked fine, the connections are good, the steering wheel >contacts >are good, and the new horn is in good condition (working), the new >horn is >also 12v. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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