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Wiring Help, Where do these wires go? |
Robert_C |
May 24 2009, 11:29 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 30-December 08 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 9,885 Region Association: None |
I've been working on the wiring in my 914, rodents seem to have eaten the front harness in half. I've made a lot of progress, but am unsure of where some wires lead to. The wires in question are a brown wire and a brown wire with a white stripe coming from the fuse panel that splits off and leads to the brake warning light switch. Could someone tell me where these wires lead to?
I think they may lead to the headlight cleaning system relay but I don't have that option. I have looked on a wiring diagram and neither of the wires are listed. Attached are pictures of the front of the car. The wires are on the drivers side near the brake fluid resevoir. Thanks, Robert Attached thumbnail(s) |
Robert_C |
May 25 2009, 01:07 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 30-December 08 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 9,885 Region Association: None |
We had to replace all the wires going from the fuse panel to the windshield wiper motor, the fuel tank sending unit, defroster blower/fan, and the brake light warning switch. Luckily the wiring going to the headlights, etc was entact. The rodent that got in there must have had a field day because there was nearly 6 inches of wiring missing from those components. The car had been sitting for nearly 7 years when I got it so who knows what made their nest in front trunk. The two red wires in the picture (which we added) run from the main harness where they enter the trunk all the way to the brake warning light switch (they were originally brown (the ground) and brown with a white stripe. In between there the wires split off and go to another component but what component is the question. The attached picture from my Haynes manual looks as if the wires go to the headlight cleaning system relay because of the location in the picture next to the resevoir. Another question for you. Could anybody tell me how many wires they have going to their fuel tank sending unit and to which location/terminal? The little varmint also chewed those wires up. There's nothing attached to the tank and the wiring diagrams that I have seen leave a little to be desired making it hard to distinguish to which terminal they would attach. The wiring diagram indicates the colors are black, brown, and green which checks out with the remnants we found. But as the picture shows, there are four terminals on the sending unit (pictured). If you reply, please reference the terminals starting at the top, that being the 12 o'clock position and the brass terminal being the 6 o'clock position. Thanks again, Robert |
SirAndy |
May 25 2009, 01:39 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
The attached picture from my Haynes manual looks as if the wires go to the headlight cleaning system relay because of the location in the picture next to the resevoir. I've never actually seen that installed, so i don't know which wires those would be. But my guess is that the headlight washer system uses a factory addon wiring harness, just like the intermittent washer harness. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=2094 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) Andy |
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