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Posted by: 80cap Mar 18 2015, 01:19 PM

I am stripping the interior in a 1976 914 2.0 and under the passenger
foot well is a control box with a speedo cable and a wire harness. what is it ?
Thanks Brian

Posted by: JawjaPorsche Mar 18 2015, 01:36 PM

Counter that lets you know when your 914 needs to serviced. Only later models had this feature. The EGR light would come on.

I think the official name is Porsche 914 egr speedometer junction box.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Mar 18 2015, 04:52 PM

Yup. Late cars had a shorter (I think!) speedo cable that ran to this box instead of the speedo. Another cable ran from the box to the speedo. It would illuminate the EGR and/or CAT lights on the dash after a certain number of miles, and could be reset by pressing the appropriate button on the box.

Easy to bypass by using a standard speedo cable and running it directly to the speedo.

--DD

Posted by: 76-914 Mar 18 2015, 08:21 PM

only the CA models, right?

Posted by: Dave_Darling Mar 18 2015, 09:59 PM

There may have been others with it as well. (Possibly Mass?)

--DD

Posted by: r_towle Mar 18 2015, 11:02 PM

Do not touch it.
If you change its position, or disturb it in any way, your car shall remain on Jack stands for at least 6 years.

Posted by: 80cap Mar 19 2015, 05:18 AM

Thanks! This car came from Tx. The previous owners Carbed this car and the wiring is a mess. I haven't decided what to do as induction yet. It has a gex rebuild engine which from what I have red is not a plus. On the plus side the only rust is the passenger side floorboard.
Brian