Date:         Thu, 14 May 2009 22:39:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Honking while turning at slow speeds
Comments: To: Matt Drew <t3vanagon@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <326099ba0905142226r2d66b266ifd03e7d40d70d887@mail.gmail.com>
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dear honky
looks to me like a clear cut case of the keys making contact with the little
space showing a metal ring under the wheel and to the left of the
ignition...
mine too .. beep beep ... beep beep ... that little nash rambler went beep
... beep beep beep beep...
yours

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Matt Drew <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Subject line pretty much says it.
> A few things-
> * Happens primarily at low speeds, like when pulling into a parking spot.
> * Happens when turning the wheel with one hand (downward pressure on the
> wheel).
>  -Doesn't happen when driving normally (straight). I can push as hard as I
> want on the wheel at any point and it won't engage the horn.
> * I haven't yet removed the 24mm nut under the horn to clean and lubricate
> in order to rule this out as a cause of the scraping sound, but I have
> taken
> the horn off a couple of times and put it back in.
>
> So I guess the question I should be asking is . . .
> Where is the most likely location of the short?
>
> OR did I unwittingly replace the horn pad incorrectly and nudge one of the
> 2
> wires?
>
> --
> Drew, Las Vegas
> '90 GL "Blackbeard"
>



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