914 driving lights, Installing OEM type driving lights to a 1974 914 |
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914 driving lights, Installing OEM type driving lights to a 1974 914 |
Jezibel |
Jul 8 2024, 11:29 AM
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Das Echte POORSCHE Fahrer Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 21-January 24 From: Northern California Member No.: 27,868 Region Association: Northern California |
I have a '74 914-4 that did not come with the optional driving light set and wish to add them to my car. The 73-76 914s came with pre-installed wiring exiting from behind the front bumper, from my understanding, that would allow lights to be added simply by installing and connecting them.
My car seems to have these wires, as expected, but due to paint overspray effects, the wire colors have been obscured, making it hard to determine which is the brown GND wire and which is the black (+) wire. I'd appreciate any help available advice from others who have retroactively installed the accessory (OEM type) driving lights to their cars. This might simplify my efforts considerably. Also, my car's horn was removed and I wish to install a set of the HELLA OEM type dual-tone Superlouds. Again, the wiring is oversprayed by body paint, so any way to quickly determine what wire is the brown GND and (+) power wires for the original (now removed) horn? Is the original horn relay located on the engine-bay relay tray or somewhere else on the car? Thanks.[font=Verdana] |
NARP74 |
Jul 14 2024, 05:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,172 Joined: 29-July 20 From: Colorado, USA, Earth Member No.: 24,549 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I know that... my point was that I stopped trying to be the editor and teach proper usage of every term. It is futile. I used to live in a resort town, every week new people showed up in droves and made the same mistakes over and over. Just when i thought it was getting better, people figured things out, the week was over and a whole new group of tourists showed up and it started all over again. 52 weeks a year, got old after a while. I just let it slide now.
This isn't Germany. My English off road vehicle has fog light taillights, to be seen better from behind. I occasionally hit the switch by mistake or just to wake someone up that I think is not paying attention. I am not sure what to call them but I bet they use them properly in England. This isn't England either. |
Jezibel |
Jul 15 2024, 03:14 PM
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Das Echte POORSCHE Fahrer Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 21-January 24 From: Northern California Member No.: 27,868 Region Association: Northern California |
I know that... my point was that I stopped trying to be the editor and teach proper usage of every term. It is futile. I used to live in a resort town, every week new people showed up in droves and made the same mistakes over and over. Just when i thought it was getting better, people figured things out, the week was over and a whole new group of tourists showed up and it started all over again. 52 weeks a year, got old after a while. I just let it slide now. This isn't Germany. I think we're quibbling a bit, here. Driving lights were an available option in Europe. They were not, here in the USA. But leave us not be pedantic about nomenclature. Lets jes call 'em "Them funny lil shiney thangs in the front of the car" and leave it at that, eh! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) OK, that said, I've attached two images of the driver's left and right side horn/FOG lamps on my '74. In both images, two sets of wires appear. on the right image and also on the left side, the smaller set of wires reveal BLK/BRN, which presumably means (+) and (GND). The slightly larger (longer) set of wires shows WHT-YEL/BRN wirings (+ and GND). I assume the smaller set of wires on both sides are for a twin-horn set-up and the larger wires are for the FOG lamps. Any dissenting opinions on this surmise, here? I've at last tackled the perplexities of retro-installing a set of Hella SHARP-TONE horns and a set of modern reproductions of the FOG lamps and grills). Now I'm about to see if I can trace the wiring from the horn relay on my fuse-panel aft side, so as to use those existing wires, after also installing a suitable switch for the lights. It's going to be a slow process, since working on 914 is somewhat akin to being a contortionist and it's never been simple or easy to 'assume the position' required to access some of the car's components. Can we assume that the two wire sets referenced above are indeed for horns and FOGS? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) |
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