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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:11 pm    Post subject: Horn Button Reply with quote

I tried to connect my horn button yesterday only to find out that it doesn't work. The button itself fell out and only the button and the trim ring was there besides the spring. My spring did not make a 90* turn like I thought it should. All the spring does is coil. So what I am looking for is what the inside of the horn button looks like. Does anyone have any pics of what it should look like? Basically there is nothing going to the middle to touch the metal where the wire connects to. I have searched the gallery and could not find anything.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There should be a copper plate that contacts the brass rivit in the center of the button.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks a lot. Now I have to find something that I can use in it's place or just go through my stash of parts.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:41 pm    Post subject: Split Bus Horn Button Reply with quote

Here are some pictures. There are some more in my gallery.

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks man. I didn't see anything like these in the gallery. Now I know exactly what I am missing and will go see if I have it in my stash of parts.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

der58SC wrote:
Thanks man. I didn't see anything like these in the gallery. Now I know exactly what I am missing and will go see if I have it in my stash of parts.


No prob. I just snuck them in the gallery last night.
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2021 12:43 am    Post subject: Re: Horn Button Reply with quote

I was thinking of repainting my horn button. To do a good job and avoid harming the chrome ring, I‘d like to dissamble the parts before painting. I didn‘t find instructions how to do it. Do I need to drill out and replace a rivet or is it just bending the spring out or even another route? Thanks!
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2021 6:29 am    Post subject: Re: Horn Button Reply with quote

swiss_bulli wrote:
I was thinking of repainting my horn button. To do a good job and avoid harming the chrome ring, I‘d like to dissamble the parts before painting. I didn‘t find instructions how to do it. Do I need to drill out and replace a rivet or is it just bending the spring out or even another route? Thanks!
The chrome ring has three tabs that you need to bend a little. Bend them as little as possible to push the whole thing apart so that they don't break when you bend them back after you put it all back together.
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2021 7:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Horn Button Reply with quote

The original horn button center is VW's version of bakelite and it can be polished btw.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Horn Button Reply with quote

Thanks Lind and hitest for your tipps. I even found a short info in the Bentley manual, which I forgot about.

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Disassembly worked well, but my bakelit center part was not polishable to a good degree. There were a lot of brownish particles in the plastic that stayed, so I decided to give it a light coat of paint.

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Assembled back together with the polished center and chrome ring as well as the outer ring in new shiny silver white.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:17 am    Post subject: Re: Horn Button Reply with quote

swiss_bulli wrote:
the outer ring in new shiny silver white.

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Beautiful work Swiss Bulli !
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I wonder what the nut looks like.



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:29 am    Post subject: Re: Horn Button Reply with quote

bakelite polishes up nice with Mothers Polish.

Horn button looks great!
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