Re: No ground return for horn (was engine cl

["Keleigh Hardie" <hobbesian@worldnet.att.net>]

	Interesting! The early US A4's had the same problem, and the solution was
pretty much the same as what you came up with (without the 'Service Action'
of course), a spring that clamped to the column housing, and rubbed against
the column (there was some special conductive grease that went with it,
VERY useful stuff!).
	
	Keleigh!
	88 80Q

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> From: Paul Heneghan <paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk>
> To: 'smtp:cyclops@mindlink.bc.ca'; Quattro List <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> Subject: No ground return for horn (was engine cl
> Date: Friday, June 13, 1997 1:56 AM
> 
> 
> From: cyclops@mindlink.bc.ca (cyclops)
> 
> >ps audi stuff- my cars horn didn't work when i purchased it used almost
a
> >year ago. voltage was getting to the slider and the horn button but
there
> >was no ground return. the ground disappeared at the joint in the
steering
> >column where the upper section slides into the nylon bushings of the
lower
> >half. i rigged a jumper around this joint, so it works now, but could
find
> >no evidence of what should have been there. any ideas??????????
> 
> 
> I had exactly the same problem on my VW Jetta 10 years ago.  The ground 
> wasn't getting through the UJ near the bottom of the steering column.  I
got 
> over the problem by fabricating a phosphor-bronze strip which pressed 
> against the column in the gap below the steering wheel.
> 
> Paul
> paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
> 1984 Audi 80 quattro
> 1989 Audi 100 Avant