1975 Laguna Blue - 1.8, Working on my new project Options

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Hello 914 World!

I just picked up my first 914 on Friday, August 8th, 2025. I have wanted a 914 for many years, came close to buying some needy projects in the past, but always seemed to pass for one reason or another. After a ton of looking around I finally found a good candidate for my next project.






The car was being auctioned off on Bring A Trailer but it did not meet reserve. The car was located about 45 minutes from my house so I ended up working out a deal a few days after the auction expired.

Here is how the car looked back in 2019 when it first sold on BAT:


Kind of interesting to see how it changed over the years.

Thanks for tuning in,
Ted

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After getting the driving lights/fog lights all wired up to the oem switch, I shifted gears to check on the horns. One thing I noticed right away is that the horn didn't work on this car when I purchased it a few weeks back. I remembered seeing that the car had a Momo wheel on it in a previous life. When I picked up the car I noticed that it was now it was wearing one that looked closer to 914 stock, I assumed that was related to why the horn didn't work.

Pushing the butterfly horn button didn't even click the relay under the dash, so I pulled down the fuse panel to check the relays. All the relays looked to be present. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I twisted the butterfly to see what was going on behind the horn button and found that the steering wheel nut was barely finger tight. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

I pulled the wheel off and started to investigate. Right away I noticed that something was not right:








I'm not an expert on VW or Porsche horns, but I think there should be a brown wire (or green?) from the indicator cancelation ring that connects to the butterfly. I don't think the black/gold barrel with the two copper spring loaded nubs is supposed to be used with this horn arrangement. Maybe I'm wrong? Regardless, something doesn't look right. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

I tested grounding the column to the copper bar on the signal assembly and immediately heard the horn relay click. I'm going to solder a new wire to the nub on the indicator cancelation ring and plug it into the butterfly and take it from there.

I will debug the horn button and then plug the horns back in.