1970 European Wiring Harness, Fog Light Switch? Options

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I placed this post in the Garage as well, but maybe it's more appropriate here. So, I'm installing my wiring harness (4 cylinder), it is a european harness. I'm making this assumption based on one main observation (although there are others that seem to support it). The observation- this is a new harness (unfortunately I do not have the part number... sad.gif ), there are NO wires going to what would be the side marker lights. Nothing (absolutely certain) has been cut, I can trace all wires and there never were any side marker light wires.

So, my problem is this, there seems to be no wiring coming out of the harness in the passenger compartment area for a fog light switch, there are, however, wires for fog lights up near the front bumper area where they should be. The main wire (white with a yellow stripe) enters the passenger compartment area and goes to a relay, which then jumps directly to the combination relay, from there there are no wires that would normally go to a switch.

I know that there was some different functionality with the Euro fog light operation, but what exactly was the difference? Do the fog lights turn on any time the headlights are on, meaning no need for a fog light switch? Do I need a special head light switch?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!! biggrin.gif


Dan

[RON S.]

Here's the pics you are asking for of the little green dash light.
Parking lights on, green dasah light is on.

Thanks - but that part I knew.

It will be difficult to test the interesting part, because it occurs to me that 914 headlights retract at the 'parking light' setting...

However (this will probably require two people...) the question is - when the parking lights are on and you pull back the flash-to-pass - what lights up? it _should_ be the _low beam_ lights.

Actually, this could be easier to test than I initially thought...

Enable the driving lights. Set the light switch to 'all off'. Verify that the driving lights light up when you pull the flash-to-pass. The high beams will light up too, but they won't raise. Pull the headlight switch out to the park position - the the 'green dash light' position. This time when you pull the flash-to-pass, the driving lights should _not_ light up (and if you can tell by looking into the headlight bucket, the low beams will.

Rich,
I just walked outside and checked. With the key on or off, light switch off, Flash-to Pass and Hi-beams come on with a pull of the lever, and Hi beam dash indicator also is on. With the key on, parking lights on, Flash-to-Pass does NOT engage.

All these years I've asked various people about the way my lights work, and the standard answer has almost always been that someone has rewired it to behave the way it does.

I have always believed the factory wired it the way THEY wanted it to work.

Also, if you notice in my dash pic, you'll see the pull lever on the left. I've removed my headlight motors, and converted the system over to the GT Headlight pull kit. But, I do remember that my headlights did NOT raise, when I would use the Flash-to-Pass during daylight operation.

Thanks for the lesson.

Ron