 Factory Mistake?, Intermittent Wipers |
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| 914Sixer |
 Mar 2 2013, 08:52 AM
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Yesterday I pull the TS/Wiper switches out of the 74 parts car to get to the ignition switch. The TS/Wiper switches looked good but a little crusty. Everything appeared to be original on the wiper stalk from the factory. Went on the front trunk to take out the front hood pull and to my surprise I found intermittent wiper set up. So I went back to the wiper switch to check to see if the tab had been taken off and sure enough it had NEVER been removed. My guess is the car had intermittent wipers all a long and no one knew it. Factory mistake ?
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| SirAndy |
Mar 2 2013, 11:44 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,651 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(914Sixer @ Mar 2 2013, 06:52 AM)  Factory mistake ? I'm not even sure those were installed at the factory. They may have been installed by dealers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
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| CMONNETT |
Mar 2 2013, 01:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 27-September 07 From: Cibolo, TX Member No.: 8,162 Region Association: Southwest Region |
It was a factory installed option. The 76 2.0 I had several years ago had it installed, and it was listed as an option on the window sticker (which I think I still have somewhere), and it was listed as an option on the COA from Porsche.
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| SirAndy |
Mar 2 2013, 01:23 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,651 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
I never questioned that it was a factory option.
I'm just not sure it was actually installed at Karmann. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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| reharvey |
Mar 2 2013, 04:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 573 Joined: 16-July 08 From: N. E. Ohio Member No.: 9,308 Region Association: North East States |
I have that relay on both of my 74s. What tab is he talking about on the wiper switch? Ray
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| r_towle |
Mar 2 2013, 06:35 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,577 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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turn signal switches break...
maybe that one was previously replaced... rich |
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| 914Sixer |
Mar 2 2013, 07:16 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,886 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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The tab on the bottom left picture.
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| Pat Garvey |
Mar 2 2013, 08:20 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(914Sixer @ Mar 2 2013, 09:52 AM) Yesterday I pull the TS/Wiper switches out of the 74 parts car to get to the ignition switch. The TS/Wiper switches looked good but a little crusty. Everything appeared to be original on the wiper stalk from the factory. Went on the front trunk to take out the front hood pull and to my surprise I found intermittent wiper set up. So I went back to the wiper switch to check to see if the tab had been taken off and sure enough it had NEVER been removed. My guess is the car had intermittent wipers all a long and no one knew it. Factory mistake ? I found out about the intermittent block in '75. Not sure that it was there in all 914's, but when I pulled the white block out I had an option that I never paid for! Had the same incident with my '86 GTI. |
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| Tom_T |
Mar 4 2013, 04:00 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Mar 2 2013, 04:35 PM) turn signal switches break... maybe that one was previously replaced... rich (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) most likely the tab wasn't snipped when the switch unit was replaced Mark. |
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| 914Sixer |
Mar 4 2013, 06:29 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,886 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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The tab is on the Wiper switch which rarely fails. As I stated in the post, all of the assembly appeared to be original.
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| r_towle |
Mar 4 2013, 07:17 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,577 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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Blinker switch fails all the time, whole unit gets swapped out and when using a used part it may look the same.
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| fastfingers |
Mar 4 2013, 07:42 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Omaha, NE Member No.: 12,819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(CMONNETT @ Mar 2 2013, 01:03 PM) It was a factory installed option. The 76 2.0 I had several years ago had it installed, and it was listed as an option on the window sticker (which I think I still have somewhere), and it was listed as an option on the COA from Porsche. Yea. Both my '73 and '74 had them as listed options on the window stickers. |
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