Where is the handbrake switch supposed to be located in a '75 914. I've just replaced all of my gauges (went to a Getty 911 style dash) and everything works - except the e-brake indicator . The light's wired up, but once the wires go into the harness, I've got no idea where they're headed. I've looked all over the area of the handle and the cable hook-ups at the firewall. I've got no idea if the light worked when I was last driving the car regularly (1991).

I'd like to get my electrical straightened out before I install my new carpet kit, so I'm not peeling it up little problems (I fully expect to pull it up for big ones )

Eric

Eric,

There is a little switch that resides in the cross member that is in front of the drivers seat. The ebrake handle comes down onto it and turns the switch off...raise the handle and the circuit is opened. It is a little switch like the ones in the door jams.

If you lift the parking brake and look down on the back side of that cross member you'll see it.

Jim

I thought that might be where it should be, there's a little hole right there in my car. Guess I'll dig around in the cross member to see if the wires are still there. If I find 'em, then I'll be in the market for a new switch.....

Two switches that influence this lamp. The first is the break warning switch on the master cylinder. This switch will cause the lamp to remain lit. There is a reset button on this switch. The second switch is on the e-break that needs to be adjusted properly for the light to come on. Check for the switch and see if it functions with an Ohmmeter when the handle is up.

Good luck.

Found the wire (matches the color of the one attached to the bulb in the gauge ), and the remnants of the switch. Does anyone know if the switch is the same as the door switch or just similar?

Thanks

ITs the same as the door jam switch.... without the rubber boot.

The wire comes up next to the park brake cable. from the center tunnel at the back of the passesnger compartment.