 Mystery of the Silver Buttons, Or...Why's it that way anyway? |
|
|
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
|
  |
| montoya 73 2.0 |
 Oct 9 2009, 02:59 PM
Post
#21
|
|
Lack of consideration to others, and Selfish!  Group: Members Posts: 1,791 Joined: 27-October 04 From: Paso Robles, Ca. Member No.: 3,016 Region Association: Central California  |
QUOTE(6freak @ Oct 9 2009, 11:36 AM)  Interesting..come to think of it i never have just the parking lites on I always run with the fog lites with them ..so maybe i should see if the lite is on with just the parking lites .I dont think so ......Maybe there not the same from a six to a four I do know the wireing (Colors) are not the same ...........fog lites green! hi beams blue! Hey mr. Crandel! How did Marks trans. turn out? I re-wired my fog's (driving lights) to come on when I turn on my parking lights! Do 6's do that without re-wiring? In case someone wants to know how to rewire your foglights, here you go; Foglight Rewiring Instructions |
   |
 
|
| SGB |
Oct 9 2009, 07:21 PM
Post
#22
|
|
just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(montoya 73 2.0 @ Oct 9 2009, 12:23 PM) I believe there is only one bulb inside the turnsignal indicator, which would flash both indicators when either side is activated. Mine did the same thing until about two months ago. Now, the left signal makes the indicator work but my right signal does not (both signals work on the outside front and rear)? My green indicator light turns off when my headlights go on! Green indicator light is supposed to turn off when headlights are on. It is for parking lights only. There are two bulbs. You need a new relay. A turnsignal relay from a VW bus is a great replacement and will restore proper function of left and right dash indicators. |
|
|
|
| underthetire |
Oct 9 2009, 07:30 PM
Post
#23
|
|
914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(6freak @ Oct 9 2009, 07:23 AM) QUOTE The high beam indicator is in the tach and the parking lamp indicator is in the speedo. No!!!!! the driveing lite(foglites) indicator is in the tack the high beam indicator is in the speedo...or vise versa....but it has nothing to do with the parking lites Nope. highbeams and parking lights. |
|
|
|
| montoya 73 2.0 |
Oct 9 2009, 11:25 PM
Post
#24
|
|
Lack of consideration to others, and Selfish! Group: Members Posts: 1,791 Joined: 27-October 04 From: Paso Robles, Ca. Member No.: 3,016 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(SGB @ Oct 9 2009, 06:21 PM) QUOTE(montoya 73 2.0 @ Oct 9 2009, 12:23 PM) I believe there is only one bulb inside the turnsignal indicator, which would flash both indicators when either side is activated. Mine did the same thing until about two months ago. Now, the left signal makes the indicator work but my right signal does not (both signals work on the outside front and rear)? My green indicator light turns off when my headlights go on! Green indicator light is supposed to turn off when headlights are on. It is for parking lights only. There are two bulbs. You need a new relay. A turnsignal relay from a VW bus is a great replacement and will restore proper function of left and right dash indicators. Crap, Your right! I was thinking of the brake warning light. |
|
|
|
| montoya 73 2.0 |
Oct 10 2009, 04:21 PM
Post
#25
|
|
Lack of consideration to others, and Selfish! Group: Members Posts: 1,791 Joined: 27-October 04 From: Paso Robles, Ca. Member No.: 3,016 Region Association: Central California |
I scanned in my whole owners manual. It's in my blog, but heres what it says about the indicator.
 |
|
|
|
| Katmanken |
Oct 10 2009, 04:49 PM
Post
#26
|
|
You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I gots 2 saturn yellow 74's, a 1.8 with silver buttons, and a 2.0 without.
Did I mention one of the silver buttons fell off inside the gauge??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) A notso desirable trait for silver button fanciers.... |
|
|
|
| Dave_Darling |
Oct 11 2009, 11:58 AM
Post
#27
|
|
914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
|
Remember that Karmann used to throw whatever parts they had on hand into the cars. So a number of early 74s had the silver-button gauges, because that's what they had. The 74 wiring, however, was designed to work with the single turn signal indicator of the non-button gauges. So they put a jumper in that ran both indicators at the same time.
The manual page shown above is correct; that green light is the parking light indicator. The fog light indicator is in the fog light switch itself. --DD |
|
|
|
| SirAndy |
Oct 11 2009, 01:08 PM
Post
#28
|
|
Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,675 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Oct 11 2009, 09:58 AM) The manual page shown above is correct; that green light is the parking light indicator. The fog light indicator is in the fog light switch itself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) with the damp one ... |
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 6th June 2024 - 07:23 PM |
Invision Power Board
v9.1.4 © 2024 IPS, Inc.