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Posted by: JeffBowlsby Jan 28 2023, 07:55 PM

Been looking for the orig mfr (and hopefully their website if they still exist) of these for over 20 years. Any one know or can find out? The KL (or LK) logo is on these 4-12-14 pole connector housing covers (not the housing bases) and I think I have seen it on other 914 parts but not sure.


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Posted by: 76-914 Jan 28 2023, 07:57 PM

Did you try Google Pictures?

Posted by: jonferns Jan 28 2023, 08:15 PM

These bakelite/plastic connectors were made by Leopold Kostal Gmbh & Co. KG - hence the "LK".

https://www.kostal.com/en-gb/

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=104

Posted by: Superhawk996 Jan 28 2023, 10:17 PM

QUOTE(jonferns @ Jan 28 2023, 09:15 PM)

Posted by: SirAndy Jan 29 2023, 10:52 AM

More about the history of the company:
https://www.kostal.com/en-gb/unternehmen/geschichte/

Posted by: JeffBowlsby Jan 29 2023, 01:09 PM

Double Wow. I had no idea that LK was so iconic in the automotive switch industry.

I checked a few other parts for the LK logo and found that our headlight switches are LK. Any other LK parts on our cars?




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Posted by: wonkipop Jan 29 2023, 02:44 PM

been asleep on the other side of the world.
looks like you got your answer real fast mr. b

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for future symbol answers this book may help.
might not help with parts that are from porsche sources.
i dug it up when trying to work out what the H meant on throttle bodies.

somewhere its on the internet.
but don't have the link.
probably not hard to locate it again by punching in its title in google.
found some screen shots i had taken for EC-A/B research.




i'd have to go searching around in 1.8 engine bay now and see if there are any KLs lurking.

Posted by: jonferns Jan 29 2023, 02:50 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=24231 that is a great resource.

I found the it linked here, in an archive on thesamba

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/oem_manufacturer_list.php

Posted by: wonkipop Jan 29 2023, 03:12 PM

QUOTE(jonferns @ Jan 29 2023, 02:50 PM)

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=24231 that is a great resource.

I found the it linked here, in an archive on thesamba

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/oem_manufacturer_list.php