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Posted by: CoronaMike Oct 14 2019, 01:45 PM
Hi all,
Isn't the buzzer only supposed to buzz when the key is in?
Mine goes off whenever the doors are open - key or no key.
The PO had it disconnected - I can understand that - but it's so delightfully annoying/70s-ish that I'd like to keep it - but ...maybe only when the key is in.
Any ideas as to why it's doing this? 
Thanks!!
Mike
Posted by: Coondog Oct 14 2019, 03:32 PM
Mine only works with the key in the ignition. I get so many comments when people hear it I decided not to disconnect it. I agree it is pretty 70s sounding.
Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Oct 14 2019, 03:32 PM
look and see that when you remove the key you have pulled up the tumbler so that it is even with the lock cylinder
Hi all,
Isn't the buzzer only supposed to buzz when the key is in?
Mine goes off whenever the doors are open - key or no key.
The PO had it disconnected - I can understand that - but it's so delightfully annoying/70s-ish that I'd like to keep it - but ...maybe only when the key is in.
Any ideas as to why it's doing this?
Thanks!!
Mike
Posted by: CoronaMike Oct 14 2019, 08:21 PM
look and see that when you remove the key you have pulled up the tumbler so that it is even with the lock cylinder
Hey doc. I'm not really sure what I'm looking for here - but here's a picture - can you tell?
Posted by: Mark Henry Oct 15 2019, 03:01 AM
That's locked right, if it wasn't the center would be inset, sometimes it sticks in. Put your key in and turn it to on and you'll see the center move inward.
Posted by: VaccaRabite Oct 15 2019, 08:25 AM
I had no idea these cars HAD a door buzzer.
Zach
Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Oct 15 2019, 09:24 AM
What year is your car Mike?
Hi all,
Isn't the buzzer only supposed to buzz when the key is in?
Mine goes off whenever the doors are open - key or no key.
The PO had it disconnected - I can understand that - but it's so delightfully annoying/70s-ish that I'd like to keep it - but ...maybe only when the key is in.
Any ideas as to why it's doing this?
Thanks!!
Mike
Posted by: TonyA Oct 15 2019, 09:24 AM
I had no idea these cars HAD a door buzzer.
Zach
I don't know shit from Shiola ( an old term I used to hear) but the door buzzer i did know about, only because I had a 73 back in 76. Some day I may try and get that working as well. Glad to see some comments about it today.
Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Oct 15 2019, 09:59 AM
We are about to reinstall this 73 ignition buzzer on this olympic blue 50 thousand mile 914 goes on the back of the fuse block
Posted by: toolguy Oct 15 2019, 10:37 AM
Shinola is a defunct American brand of shoe polish. From the late 1800's.
It was popular during the first half of the 20th century and entered the American lexicon in the phrase, "You don't know shit from Shinola," meaning to be ignorant.
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Posted by: 914_teener Oct 15 2019, 10:39 AM
Hi all,
Isn't the buzzer only supposed to buzz when the key is in?
Mine goes off whenever the doors are open - key or no key.
The PO had it disconnected - I can understand that - but it's so delightfully annoying/70s-ish that I'd like to keep it - but ...maybe only when the key is in.
Any ideas as to why it's doing this?
Thanks!!
Mike
Check to make sure your door light switches are not worn out. It is a switched ground circuit.
BTW....they are sort of a pain to remove.. BTDT.
Posted by: 914_teener Oct 15 2019, 10:40 AM
Shinola is a defunct American brand of shoe polish. From the late 1800's.
It was popular during the first half of the 20th century and entered the American lexicon in the phrase, "You don't know shit from Shinola," meaning to be ignorant.
I love when I learn something. Hard to tell on your boots what is "shiza" and what is Shinola sometimes.
Posted by: CoronaMike Oct 15 2019, 03:43 PM
What year is your car Mike?
@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=4947 @autoatlanta.com
It's a 1974 1.8.
The door switches work great - it's a little sticky now and then - but for the most part - the buzzer ALWAYS goes off when either the driver or passenger door is open.
Posted by: TonyA Oct 15 2019, 05:03 PM
We are about to reinstall this 73 ignition buzzer on this olympic blue 50 thousand mile 914 goes on the back of the fuse block
Thanks tor the history lesson, I have been butchering that name for a long time.
Posted by: FL 000 Oct 15 2019, 05:33 PM
My 73 did the same thing. To my knowledge everything was working properly (ignition switch, door switches, etc). I finally pulled my relay/buzzer since it was really annoying.
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