My van is sounding the horn when the steering wheel is at a certain angle which is nearly dead straight. Quite disconcerting! Thanks in advance, Rowan Sent from Yahoo!7 Mail on Android |
Mine did that too about 9 years ago... Now it doesn't work at all.
Hjd
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On 19/02/2013, at 8:43 PM, Rowan Hardinge <rowan.hardinge@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,My van is sounding the horn when the steering wheel is at a certain angle which is nearly dead straight. Quite disconcerting!
It has been sitting in the rain for a time.
Cant see any water comming in anywhere up front.
Any ideas on a fix would be appreciated..Thanks in advance,
Rowan
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Pull the steering wheel off and have a look at the contact and ring.
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Mine did that too about 9 years ago... Now it doesn't work at all.Hjd
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Hi,My van is sounding the horn when the steering wheel is at a certain angle which is nearly dead straight. Quite disconcerting!
It has been sitting in the rain for a time.
Cant see any water comming in anywhere up front.
Any ideas on a fix would be appreciated..Thanks in advance,
Rowan
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The Horn Contact Ring .
which is on the back side of the steering wheel as you are looking at it,
wears in one spot ...the straight ahead position.
That brass looking metal ring should be lubricated once a year say ..
and absolutely no one ever does that I know of.
if you take the steering wheel off and look at the ring, you will likely see it's torn up in that one area ..
where the contact tab rubs on it in the straight ahead position.
I get my new horn contact rings from Van Cafe ..
or a good used either steering wheel with intact horn contact right ..
or a good ring off a used steering wheel should get you working again.
and on all T3 vans ...spray 'something' in there once in a great while,
or if you have the steering wheel off, lube that ring with dielectric grease ..
or just shoot some WD-40 in there ......in my very expereinced opionion WD is generally very good for any electrical mechanism or contact point - the degree to which the mere mention of WD bothers some people notwithstanding.
I could not fix cars without that juice ..it's so useful and has really never let me down in the slightest.
I can't plug a connector back on without treating the contacts with WD , it's been that good for me over the decades.
check your horn contact ring. You should see ripped up little pieces of brass.
scott
www.turbovans.com
which is on the back side of the steering wheel as you are looking at it,
wears in one spot ...the straight ahead position.
That brass looking metal ring should be lubricated once a year say ..
and absolutely no one ever does that I know of.
if you take the steering wheel off and look at the ring, you will likely see it's torn up in that one area ..
where the contact tab rubs on it in the straight ahead position.
I get my new horn contact rings from Van Cafe ..
or a good used either steering wheel with intact horn contact right ..
or a good ring off a used steering wheel should get you working again.
and on all T3 vans ...spray 'something' in there once in a great while,
or if you have the steering wheel off, lube that ring with dielectric grease ..
or just shoot some WD-40 in there ......in my very expereinced opionion WD is generally very good for any electrical mechanism or contact point - the degree to which the mere mention of WD bothers some people notwithstanding.
I could not fix cars without that juice ..it's so useful and has really never let me down in the slightest.
I can't plug a connector back on without treating the contacts with WD , it's been that good for me over the decades.
check your horn contact ring. You should see ripped up little pieces of brass.
scott
www.turbovans.com
On 2/19/2013 2:43 AM, Rowan Hardinge
wrote:
Hi,My van is sounding the horn when the steering wheel is at a certain angle which is nearly dead straight. Quite disconcerting!
It has been sitting in the rain for a time.
Cant see any water comming in anywhere up front.
Any ideas on a fix would be appreciated..Thanks in advance,
Rowan
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Hi There, Thanks for all the imput. Great! Thanks Again, Rowan Sent from Yahoo!7 Mail on Android |
From: Rowan Hardinge <rowan.hardinge@yahoo.com>;
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups com <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com>;
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Horn Issue
Sent: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 10:43:23 AM
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