Left Side Ignition, converting your dash Options

[Harpo]

I will be most likely using a 914 shaft as well. My 911 shaft will not fit on my "U" joint

David

[SixerJ]

Just in case it is useful to someone else, I've posted up some dims as requested by Jeff B's thread ref alternative column tube ideas here

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry2471528

I'm going to try and get one of the CAD guys at work to work up a dimensioned drawing of the welded on flat -6 plate, which should work for the early -4 cars (I'm not sure of the differences between the early and late welded in chassis column bracket thingamabob but guessing an early -4 and -6 have the same bracket)

May take a while to get the drawings done as work is super busy, once I have it done I will post

[Mark Henry]

I think dflesburg meant for this to go into this thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-1896-1492082246_thumb.jpg)

here is the picture you requested for the ignition

[mepstein]

Traced out one of my 911 ignition harnesses today. I'll try to keep adding these one at a time cause it's a tedious process. Next time I'll add to this spreadsheet showing where these wires would go on a 914.

Thank you!

[Harpo]

Here is my new LH igntion dash after powder coat. The plastic ignition switch bezel was a little rough so I turned down a 911 bezel to fit

[Harpo]

Dan rekeyed the ignition switch to match everything else.

[McMark]

Now, back to business, will a stock /4 steering shaft work inside of this column if I'm not going to use the lock mechanism?

Reviving this old thread with new info...

Regarding Larmo63's questions about putting a 914 shaft into a 911 column housing. The lower bearing is exactly the same (as pointed out by SixerJ), and the shaft lengths are the same (as pointed out by Harpo). I tested the install with some spare parts I have here. It all went together just like it should.

The only part that I'm still unsure about is why you would do this. The column I'm testing with has the same spline on both the 911 and 914 shafts, so swapping would accomplish nothing. The 914 column is from a 72. I don't know the year of the 911 shaft, but it's the 'long' version.

[mepstein]

The splines on all 914’s and early 911’s are the same but mid year 914 - 72 and later use a slightly different shaft that fits the steering wheel differently. That’s why all the 914 steering wheels that end in 11 are for 72-76. They aren’t a perfect fit in early 914’s or 911’s. It will work but ...

[jkb944t]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) As McMark mentioned I am not sure what the advantage is to using the 914 shaft instead of the 911 shaft. I realize that you aren't using the locking feature but if you wanted to at some point the 914 shaft can easily be modified.

You would just need to cut the locking tabs off of the 914 shaft and move them down by three inches from where they originally were mounted as shown below.





Jeff B