Hi all,
I just had the exciting revelation that =
I may have
stumbled upon a subject that hasn't been beaten to death on the
group!
One of my Syncros had developed a horn
problem. It would just occasionally beep when turning the wheel =
and
finally stayed on completely. For a short time I just unplugged it =
at the
horn. After a while, I wanted it back so in I dug. =
I first thought that the wire in the =
steering
column went bad, but on further digging, found that it was the contact =
between
the steering wheel and the column. The Steering wheel came off =
without any
problem and I saw that the brass ring on the underside had been eaten =
away and
had spread brass shavings all over, thus shorting the horn =
circuit. The
brass ring is mounted to a plastic disk that is press fit onto the =
wheel.
I went up to a parts rabbit and found that it was similar. Off =
came the
rabbit wheel and the switch assy. Back in the laboratory (garage), =
I fount
that the disks were different but the brass rings were the same. Bend =
some tabs,
remount, reassemble, HORN again.
Always remember that the German =
engineers that had
to build these wonders must have been as frugal as some of us are. =
They
used the same part in different cars more often than we realize. I =
have to
always remind myself, check first before going out and just buying new. =
I
probably already have the part.
Mark Rokus
'87 Syncro =
(wifie's)
'87 Syncro
Westy: Mine :-)
'81 Westy
'82 Diesel Rabbit
'72 Karmann
Ghia