Brown wire on steering column

[Beakster]

Dropped my steering column down to remove the dash, putting it back in now and insert this broken wire.

There's a wire coming out of the hole in this picture, is that what is supposed to connect to the spade terminal the Brown wire is on? Anyway to get it out of the hole?

Thanks

[jigarai]

It’s the earth for your horn. It attached into the other side of the coupling as per photo below (taken from https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewt ... p?t=263625 )

I can’t remember how it attaches in there Im afraid it hopefully this give you an idea where to look.


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[shampooefficient]

It looks like it may have pulled out of the terminal you can just see peeking out of that hole. In which case I'd probably use pliers to remove the old and crimp a new spade on there.

[keynsham1]

Mine broke and I fixed it. It broke again. It is the earth for the horn but my horn still works so it is staying broken!!!

[BarnyE]

Yeah horn earth, it comes out the other end of that pipe at the bottom of the steering rack behind the rubber boot. Pull it out from the other end, repair/replace and poke it back through the pipe and reconnect.


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[silverbullet]

Yes its an earth continuity conductor for the horn, to bridge the vibration insulating rubber bushes in the lower steering column.
Remake the wire with a new spade connector one end and an 8mm eye terminal the other which goes under the pinch bolt on the lower column where it connects to the steering relay box.

[Noah_Blake]

 Yeah that sounds right, that loose wire coming out of the hole is likely meant to go onto that spade terminal with the brown wire (usually a ground).
 Getting it out can be a bit fiddly, you might need a small pick or needle-nose pliers to gently pull it through without damaging it. Just be careful not to tug too hard in case it’s clipped or routed behind something.
 Might be worth double-checking a wiring diagram too just to be 100% sure before reconnecting  <!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->https://bristolpainters.org.uk/