Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:00:50 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: silly little question about the basics...removing plate over
the horn on ...
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dear michael
the key bridging the gap just under the steering wheel
and the resulting blast of horn ...
well the first time it happened i nearly jumped out of my skin ...
it has happened several times since ...
with less frightening results...
too many keys ... way too many keys in my life...
;o) ;o) ;o0 though i do embrace the quiet message held in my hand ...
that there are people who trust me with certain keys ...
not the least of which is the ignition key to my
89 5 speed diesel westie ... ;o)
yours
On 7/25/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> JordanVw@AOL.COM typed:
> > In a message dated 7/25/07 12:28:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > mariposaducharme@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
> >
> >
> >> I am still getting to know my van. I've had it for a few weeks only. I
> want
> >> to fix the horn. (When I plug it in, it just goooooooess...so I figured
> that
> >> the "trigger" is stuck, on the steering wheel.
> >>
> >
> > hello little miss sunshine :<P 99.9% positive your problem is not in
> the
> > horn pad on the steering wheel. its probably a bad ground on the brown
> wire
> > that runs down your steering column.
>
> At least it's not what happened to me a couple weeks ago while camping.
> When I turned the key to start the van, the tip of another key on the
> keyring went into the gap between the steering wheel and the column,
> neatly bridging the gap between the horn pad and the chassis.
> Hoooonnnnnnnnkkk! Oops -- Sorry!
>
> I think it was just the previous evening that I had been griping about
> some nitwit who had repeatedly blipped their SUV's horn by locking and
> unlocking its doors while fetching things (Mr Squirrel's Campground
> Peeve #2).
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
--
roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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