alarm battery/horn

[paddymm]

Thanks for you help so far its very much appreciated. But no luck yet still cant find it think I'm in the right place however when the problem first showed itself a couple of years back I got an auto electrician to disconnect the horn. Im now beginning to think he actaull removed the whole unit instead of cutting the cables. I will kick his **** when I see him again if he has. I'm gonna take a run to the scrappies near me and have a look in the back of some of the write offs and see if I can find it on them.

Thanks again for your help in this frustrating ordeal.

[SRA4]

Got Some Pictures For You If You Can Forward Your Email. As You Say I Reckon It's Been Removed Or You Would Have Found It By Now. Right Near The Back Of The Seam You Should See 2 Gold Lugs (approx 10mm In Size)with A 10mm Bolt In Between (viewed From Above), If All You Can See Is A Hole Then The Alarm Has Been Removed. Where You Can See The Pump Wiring You Should Also Find The Loom Wire For The Alarm With A Connector On It. Wouldn't Have Thought Anyone Woukld Cut That Off As Its Far Easier To Just Diconnect It. Again If Its Hanging You Know The Alarms Gone.

[paddymm]

The penny drops, I have spent 3 hours in a scrappy today looking for the elusive alarm battery i have heard so much about. Well I never... on a '95 ADR engined version the horn is on the NS rear bulkhead behind the trim and there is not a battery fitted. (Just a silver horn cannister not a black 4 x 3" sealed unit) I then checked out a few newer versions of my car up until an S reg and still no battery unit. However did check out a couple of new passats and they do have a the unit often described in this and many other forums. Anyway to cut a long story short have recoonected a new alarm horn and I am awaiting to see if I get filled in by the neighbours tonight and then a few more hours trying to track down the fault. So updates probably to follow. Thanks to you all for the advice so far.