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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 5 2005, 07:23 PM

did you know that the 237 original /6 that were built in '72 had a main wiring harness that is different from any other 914?

the '72 914/6 had a main wire harness that was based on the '72 914-4 but had special adapters build in to connect to the /6 relayboard.

Andy

Posted by: Bleyseng Oct 5 2005, 07:33 PM

had a 914/4 steering column too instead of the 914/6-911 style for some reason..

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 5 2005, 07:39 PM

QUOTE (Bleyseng @ Oct 5 2005, 06:33 PM)
had a 914/4 steering column too instead of the 914/6-911 style for some reason..

yepp, but most people know that, i was trying to add some less know info ...

like the fact that the '72 /6 had a different distributor than the early cars and a center dash vent, like the /4 but unlike earlier /6s ...

Andy

Posted by: Bleyseng Oct 5 2005, 07:55 PM

Don't the 72 sixes also have the moveable passenger seat too???

Posted by: olav Oct 5 2005, 08:23 PM

Did you know they were manufactured in the VW plant and not in the Porsche plant unlike the earlier years.

Posted by: bjorn jacobson Oct 5 2005, 08:31 PM

It would be nice to find a schematic of that harness, plug and play for your six conversion?

Posted by: redshift Oct 5 2005, 08:33 PM

The unreleased 1978 914 had a potty passenger seat, and a Schittreyenfruesa (shit tray) cover on the passenger long.

M

Posted by: Gustl Oct 5 2005, 10:32 PM

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Oct 6 2005, 03:23 AM)
did you know that the 237 original /6 that were built in '72 ...

I always thought there were 260 factory six made in '72

user posted image Gustl

Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 6 2005, 08:48 AM

QUOTE (bjorn jacobson @ Oct 5 2005, 08:31 PM)
It would be nice to find a schematic of that harness, plug and play for your six conversion?

It would not be "plug and play". What they did was use a 4 cylinder chassis in 72, complete with the wiring. They put a six motor mount, oil tank, and other bits to make the six work (Kinda like a factory conversion car). The trick piece was a small adapter harness that adapted the four cylinder wiring harness to the six cylinder relay board. Jon Lowe has (had?) a diagram of that harness.

Posted by: type47 Oct 6 2005, 11:32 AM

callling Jon Lowe.....

... people in need of schematic.....

Posted by: Dave_Darling Oct 6 2005, 11:53 AM

I'm pretty sure Jon does not hang out here. In addition, he was mostly getting out of the 914 game last I heard.

If nobody else is already doing it, I can try to ask him for the schematic...

--DD

Posted by: aircooledboy Oct 6 2005, 12:06 PM

QUOTE (redshift @ Oct 5 2005, 09:33 PM)

The unreleased 1978 914 had a potty passenger seat, and a Schittreyenfruesa (shit tray) cover on the passenger long.

M

My first good laugh of the day M

Posted by: tat2dphreak Oct 6 2005, 12:09 PM

QUOTE (Bleyseng @ Oct 5 2005, 08:55 PM)
Don't the 72 sixes also have the moveable passenger seat too???

I thought all '72s had movable pass. seat? both of mine have.

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 6 2005, 12:45 PM

QUOTE (tat2dphreak @ Oct 6 2005, 11:09 AM)
I thought all '72s had movable pass. seat? both of mine have.

well, this is a grey area. they were supposed to switch to the '72 style /6 in '71 but they still had quite a few older /6 shells on the shelves. so, supposedly, there are a few '71 /6 that look like the '72 model and a few '72 models that still look like the '71.

and yes, according to TGVWPB, the '72 /6 should have a moveable pass. seat as it was build from a /4 shell,
BUT rumor has it that some where build on spare '71 /4 shells, thus having a fixed pass. seat ...

interesting schtuff, eh?
Andy

Posted by: tat2dphreak Oct 6 2005, 01:00 PM

gotcha... since my '72s were 4s they had the movable seats... one was early(jan. 72) the one I have now was made in july, and has the '73 front end and such, but both had the movable seats! and retracting seat-belts

Posted by: michel richard Oct 6 2005, 01:46 PM

What's the relationship between the shell and the movability of the passenger seat ? Is it only the brackets on the floor, and the vertical "comb" on the cross-member ?

I have some of Jon Lowe's wiring diagrams at home, he gave me a bunch when I bought his stash of parts. I'll try to see what I have.

Posted by: bjorn jacobson Oct 6 2005, 01:48 PM

I was just looking through the resources, parts and products section on the site and Perry Kiehl advertises a similar harness. Way cool!