How hard are 914 fogs to wire? Options

[Larmo63]

Bruce Stone should have something. I know somebody who might have some. I'll let you know.

[Larmo63]

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=250889

[Cuda911]

Thanks, I sent him a PM.

[Larmo63]

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=251551

[Cuda911]

Thks again, I sent him a PM.

[Cuda911]

Wiring is present behind the grilles. The switches are quite common too. The wiring is behind the dash above the headlight switch. You have to make a ground wire or even better, buy the JWest flasher kit on eBay.

Hey, do you have a link to the flasher kit? I searched EBay, and there are a bunch of different ones.

Thx.

[Larmo63]

http://www.jwesteng.com/shop/index.php?id_...troller=product

[Dave_Darling]

Here's a place that has the Pilot lights:

http://www.camp914.com/products/lights.html

Camp Counsellor Craig is cool. He's pretty well known around here, but I can't remember his user name off the top of my head. (Maybe "camp914"?)

--DD

[Cuda911]

Thanks, guys.

OK, I purchased the lights from PCA7GGR. I like that they are high output (100watt).

He recommended that I buy a Bosch relayy kit to add to the fog light circuit:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wire-Harness-Relay...ac2&vxp=mtr

I ordered that too. Do I still need the kit that you recommend, Lawrence?

I still need to find some grills and a dash switch. The one in the above link was from an earlier year and not the correct color.

[Dave_Darling]

Heh, Sergio is local to me. He was one of my autoX instructors early on. He had a track car (Big Track) with a stout Six in it and a locked diff. The only way it would go around a tight corner was to stomp the loud-pedal and slide the back around it.

I've bought a few things off him at local swap meets over the years.

He looks a little like Wolfman Jack did... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

--DD

[screenguy914]

Thanks, guys.

OK, I purchased the lights from PCA7GGR. I like that they are high output (100watt).

He recommended that I buy a Bosch relayy kit to add to the fog light circuit:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wire-Harness-Relay...ac2&vxp=mtr

I ordered that too. Do I still need the kit that you recommend, Lawrence?

I still need to find some grills and a dash switch. The one in the above link was from an earlier year and not the correct color.

There already is a fog light relay built into the 914 system - round relay, bottom right. However, I agree. Install a separate and independent HD relay (e.g. 30A) and switch (perhaps ON-OFF-Mom ON) to control the (2) 100W lamps, including using heavier gauge wires for the power circuit from source to each lamp. Some folks prefer installing a relay for each lamp.



Sherwood

[Cuda911]

Thanks. Once I have all my stuff assembled, I'll bug you guys for details of how to wire it up.

Will I need to drill the dash to install the fog light switch, or is there already a hole behind the facing material?

[Larmo63]

The hole is there, you will find it.

[Cuda911]

The hole is there, you will find it.

Perfecto, I suspected as much.

So far, a couple here have offered switches for sale, but not the yellow one yet.

Should I still order that flasher unit you recommended, even with the Bosche relay kit I ordered?

[screenguy914]

To complete my project posted at #16, I removed the bridging jumper wire on the light switch due to the issues described.

For safety, remove the battery ground wire before beginning.

I ended up making the fog light circuit independent from the light switch circuit.

Disconnect the black/blue source wire from the fog light switch (E7) and zip-tie the wire to the other fog light wires to isolate it (ID it with tape for future owners). BTW, the black/blue wire is the same wire on term. 56 of the light switch that previous docs suggest snipping and piggybacking onto term. K (on my switch).

Not wanting to cut any factory wires, I left the light switch harness intact. Instead, install a new source circuit from the fuse box directly to the fog light switch. I selected fuse no. 2 (source for voltage to the emergency flasher - constant 12V). Route and attach the new wire to the circuit side of the fuse with a piggyback connector. Since this is merely a control wire for the fog light relay, can be small gauge wire (16-18 ga.).

Route and attach the other wire end with a female spade connector to the now-disconnected fog light male spade connector. Reinstall battery ground cable, then test and confirm before reinstalling fog lamp switch and fuse box (removed for access).



Results:
Factory light switch wire harness not disturbed
Fog lights operational w/Ign. ON or OFF, headlights ON or OFF, UP or DOWN, running lights ON or OFF
Factory wires left intact (except existing fog light source wire disconnected and isolated)

Sherwood