Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:40:39 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Looking for a padded horn button for a later model Vanagon
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Hi Ken,
Isee . Never had a problem with one before.
I'll sure say that one can work on VW's just forever. ..
and still see failure modes they've never seen before.
I do have one, in good condition. ..
that's black vinyl padded, usually seenon a Vanagon Power Steering
steering wheel.
I am kinda jammed the rest of this week ..need to load up and take off
for a trip to my transaxle rebuilders .
Scott
www.turbovans.com
On 2/27/2013 5:17 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote:
> Scott, I always suspect the horn ring first since they do wear out over
> time. However this time the problem is in the horn button itself. There
> are plastic fingers that interlock at three points inside the button.
> Around these fingers there are springs. The springs keep the two halves of
> the inside of the horn button from touching when you aren't pushing on it.
> There are two metal sheets with dimples on them that are held apart and
> when you press the horn, these two metal sheets touch at one of the dimples
> which completes the circuit and the horn sounds. One of the fingers is
> totally broken away. The spring was sitting inside the horn button
> randomly moving around every time I turned the wheel. So you get a version
> of horn roulette where you spin the wheel and then take your chances about
> whether the horn is going to sound or not. It is not a fun game :-(
>
> A good used horn button will fix the problem. Just be careful not to punch
> your horn button in anger. It may lead to the button getting revenge on
> you later :-)
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> I probably have one Ken.
>> Are you sure it's not something to do with the horn contact ring on the
>> back of the steering wheel ?
>> that's what usually messes up. Pretty common considering the age of all
>> these Fine Machines.
>> That horn ring should be lubed once a year too . I don't think any of
>> them ever do get lubed. They wear badly, eventually, in just one spot -
>> that corresponds to driving straight down the road most of the time.
>> scott
>> turbovans
>>
>> On 2/26/2013 12:51 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote:
>>
>> I am in need of a nice condition padded horn button for a late model
>> Vanagon. Black pleather is what I need and it needs to not be broken.
>> Current one is randomly honking whenever the demons inside tell it to. I
>> tried sprinkling with Holy Water but at this point I just need to exercise
>> it into the trash can. If anyone can help me out please pmail me.
>>
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16www.vanagain.com
>>
>>
>>
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