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BusBerd Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:14 pm

1977 westy. camper - no stove, or fridge.

Anyone know what path the 2 horn wires take from the actual horn?
I know one ends up at the steering column, and I am ASSUMING the other ends up at the fuse box. but what is their path?
Are they clumped with other wires usually or can i pull them thru?

I want to replace them. They are spliced and chewed up from years of who knows what. I am going to go out and try to follow them back, but a head start would help me spend less time out in the cold trying to trace the wires back while my hands creep closer and closer to frostbite.

Thanks!!

hazetguy Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:28 pm

here is a pretty thorough discussion/raged debate about late model bus horn wiring: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=288362

lots of pretty pictures with (hopefully) helpful descriptions: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?...t_dir=DESC

BusBerd Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:59 pm

hazetguy wrote: here is a pretty thorough discussion/raged debate about late model bus horn wiring: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=288362

lots of pretty pictures with (hopefully) helpful descriptions: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?...t_dir=DESC

Read the links. Saw the pics. They are helpful. I was hoping to find the actual PATH the wire take from the actual horn. But I will just have to go look and explore. Hopefully I can just pull some new wires through. I got the shiny new horn today, so i will be installing it soon.
Wish I lived down south or had a heated garage! I'd be working on my bus year round! :-)

busdaddy Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:14 pm

The horn wires should be in the same little harness that goes to the master cylinder, IIRC the horn #15 is branched off the brake light supply (fuse #11) inside that harness which also does the warning light. And yes it ends at the fuse box and turns into some loose wires and a smaller pair to the warning light, the brown horn wire heads up and over and joins up to the column harness with a single connector behind the instrument cluster (connector 1g).

chabanais Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:31 pm

Mine hasn't worked for 10 years. Guess I should get on that.



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