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| Dr. Roger |
 May 29 2006, 11:28 PM
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A bat out of hell.  Group: Members Posts: 3,944 Joined: 31-January 05 From: Hercules, California Member No.: 3,533 Region Association: Northern California  |
A while back I cooked some of my wiring harness and connectors at the steering wheel. Then I took apart the steering wheel, blinker switch, ignition switch assembly and basically that's where I've left off.
Since then I've purchased a new aftermarket ignition switch, fuse box, wire, different connetors etc... It's been months and I keep staring at it thinking I'll do something but I have no idea what that "something" is. So I'm asking for help. =-) Is there someone near the Bay Area who I can hire/barter/bribe to help me on this one. I've managed to learn everything else to make my 914 what it is today but I'm afraid I'm stumped on some of the intricacies if the wiring at the steering wheel and other places. The schematic just overwhelmes me. =-( I'm tired of kidding myself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) Things I can offer are: a couple of spare stock axles/CV's use of my my 220V reverse polarity stick welder/MIG welder/oxy-acetylene setup assorted miscellaneous brainless chores spare aftermarket steering wheel use of my hydraulic spreader for body work a joy ride in one heck of a fast 914 afterwards I can cook one wicked pizza! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) What can I offer to make it worth your wild? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/KMA.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif) Roger in the San Francisco Bay area (East Bay) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jsharp.gif) |
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| lapuwali |
May 30 2006, 02:29 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
Roger, what year chassis are we dealing with? It's clearly at least a '73, from the column switch.
What I'd do for a column switch rebuild would be to de-solder all of the wires from the switch, replace them with new wires of *approximately* the same colors (solid only, I don't have any two-color wire in my stash), solder those to the switch, label them, and use Weatherpak multi-pin connectors on the ends. We'd then cut the old connectors off the harness and fit the other half of the Weatherpak connectors to mate them. This will give you back blinkers, high beams, and wipers with minimal hacking on your wiring harness. All I'd need to find for this is some clear heatshrink (for the labels). I have everything else. I need clear heatshrink myself, so I'll dig some up. My only caveat is this is limited by a lack of time. I have an event early in June I have to get my own car ready for, and it's not quite there yet. I can swing by some evening to look over the rest of the wiring and we can see if there are other repairs necessary. PM me your address, and I'll see if I can come over some evening this week. |
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Dr. Roger Sometimes I just need to ask for help. May 29 2006, 11:28 PM
So.Cal.914 If I may make a sudjestion, there are plenty of gu... May 30 2006, 02:02 AM McMark I'm willing to come help out sometime Roger. ... May 30 2006, 08:21 AM lapuwali I can also help, though it will mostly be with adv... May 30 2006, 09:17 AM Dr. Roger I don't want to use the stock ignition switch ... May 30 2006, 09:51 AM Dr. Roger asdf May 30 2006, 09:52 AM Dr. Roger this bare wire melted all the way up into the main... May 30 2006, 09:54 AM lapuwali I'm not using the stock ignition switch, eithe... May 30 2006, 11:01 AM dwillouby Do you know what caused this and have you fixed it... May 30 2006, 12:04 PM Dr. Roger thank you james and david for your input. oh, and... May 30 2006, 01:09 PM McMark Make a list of all the wires you have to replace a... May 30 2006, 01:41 PM
Dr. Roger DEAL!
if i only had a dime for every time i... May 30 2006, 02:34 PM |
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