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> 1976 Fog Light Wiring, Any help appreciated
toadman
post Jul 25 2020, 07:50 PM
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I would like to get the fog lights working on my 1976 914 and would appreciate any help from the community. Car had AC but that was removed before I got it. All other lights work fine and car runs well.

This is probably a simple job for most people but I struggle with wiring diagrams and I am color blind to a degree.

Anyway, I have two rectangular fog lights in my bumper. The two wires for each fog light, one solid blue and one black/blue stripe, enter the luggage compartment through the front bulkhead. These are only a few inches long and not connected to anything. Which is power and which is ground?

Next, the wiring harness has several unconnected wires. I am sure some of them went to the AC components (now gone) and this is where things get confusing. I have two single brown wires, one single white/yellow stripe wire, one dual white/yellow wire, one dual brown wire and one dual black/red stripe wire. Pic of the front left portion of the luggage compartment is attached.

If I am reading the wiring diagram in my Haynes manual correctly, each of the single brown wires is "hot" and these are the ones I should use to power the lights. Is that right?

Where do the ground wires from each light go? The Haynes manual says these are white/yellow wires. Should they ground to the body? Should they be connected to one another and then to the single white/yellow or to the dual white/yellow connector on the wire bundle?

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post Jul 26 2020, 10:32 AM
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My suggestion would be to wire your fog lights through the original fog light switch or an illuminated toggle switch installed in your dash, using a new relay completely independent of your headlight system. That way you can use your foglights whenever you want without having your headlights on or up, or on low beams only. With this setup, I use my foglights as Daytime Running Lights whenever I choose to.
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