Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:58:55 -0400
Reply-To: Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: horn ring
In-Reply-To: <CAPb9TKztVEzSsqe86CMTbG-UMrx64YgHptMgTfzvPSq45+LLOw@mail.gmail.com>
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Oh and is the 29.99 turn signal switch just as good as the 50$ meyle turn
signal switch vendors are selling?
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 3:56 PM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:
> So I've been trouble shooting my non functioning horn. I have 12 volts at
> the fuse and the horn with the key in the ignition turned to the first
> position. I have no voltage without the key in the ignition. I thought the
> circuit was supposed to be constantly hot but maybe not? I jumpered the
> horn and it beeps so the horn works. I also grounded the positive wire on
> the horn pad on the steering wheel and got a beep so that checks out. I
> just changed the o ring had one and it was beat up anyway but it didn't fix
> the issue. Is the turn signal switch the culprit at this point? The tab is
> showing signs of wear. Thanks for any assistance. peace tom
>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 6:09 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Careful! I got a new horn ring from one of our vendors sometime back and
>> discovered some very slight differences in the way it was made.
>> Difference so slight that I did not see it. When I put the steering wheel
>> assembly all back together it wouldn't really go back together. After a
>> lot
>> of fiddling with it I found the plastic strip the copper ring sat on was
>> too thick by a fraction. I removed the copper ring and installed it on the
>> old plastic and everything went back together as it should.
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 4:34 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> > 15/16 works too. If you don’t have 24 mm
>> >
>> > Alistair
>> >
>> > > On Aug 22, 2020, at 2:12 PM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Aha! That must be why I have a 24 mm socket!
>> > >
>> > > Sent from my iPhone
>> > >
>> > >> On Aug 22, 2020, at 5:09 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
>> > kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> 24mm nut.
>> > >> We have the new horn rings if you need one.
>> > >>
>> >
>> https://www.vanagain.com/shop/horn-contact-ring-for-back-of-steering-wheel-for-80-91-vanagon-and-eurovan-from-93-95
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 4:45 PM Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net>
>> > wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Vanalites,
>> > >>> need to replace my horn ring, copper wore out.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Need to know: How big is the nut that hold the steering wheel on?
>> > >>> Mike not from Fresno although that might be better than Cotati just
>> > now,
>> > >>> what with all the smoke.
>> > >>>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> Thanks,
>> > >> Ken Wilford
>> > >> John 3:16
>> > >> www.vanagain.com
>> >
>>
>
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