OK so I have these on the new '75. Searched here but can't find info. They're stamped "Hella"...so I assume they're original? But where/how are they activated? There's a 'plunger" on the drivers' side by the headlight with a disconnected wire..but I can't see how this possibly activates the light when the hood is open. Thanks!
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Not stock.
If it's anything like the rear trunk light, it's always on when the light is on.
If it's anything like the rear trunk light, it's always on when the light is on.
The plunger could be for an alarm. Any signs of one?
Nice idea.
Execution not so good.
Scotchlock connectors are a giveaway that it's not stock
QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Sep 17 2021, 07:43 AM) 
Nice idea.
Execution not so good.
yeah...and they get in the way when trying to remove the spare tire cover.
I would have put one on the underside of the front trunk lid, just behind the latch.
Now I am thinking about doing that, just so I can see in there at night. Make it a switch that turns on when it is tilted, and put in a sensor so it detects if it is daylight.
Now I am thinking about doing that, just so I can see in there at night. Make it a switch that turns on when it is tilted, and put in a sensor so it detects if it is daylight.
QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Sep 17 2021, 07:06 AM)
I would have put one on the underside of the front trunk lid, just behind the latch.
Now I am thinking about doing that, just so I can see in there at night. Make it a switch that turns on when it is tilted, and put in a sensor so it detects if it is daylight.
Found this: 964.511.052.00
Front trunk latch for a 964. Looks like it will bolt in and replace the factory 914 trunk latch, and it has a switch for the light.
Clay
Actuaskly, that Hela Light has some 914 provenance. It looks to be a number light as used on 6 GT,s. Are these even available Any more ?
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Oops, appears that they are license plate lights from BMW 2002. Thanks AJ
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Oops, appears that they are license plate lights from BMW 2002. Thanks AJ
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You should pull that license plate light off and send it to me
QUOTE(gereed75 @ Sep 17 2021, 08:53 AM)
Actuaskly, that Hela Light has some 914 provenance. It looks to be a number light as used on 6 GT,s. Are these even available Any more ?
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Oops, appears that they are license plate lights from BMW 2002. Thanks AJ
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Who will be the first to do it ?
Hide my drill and my files.
QUOTE(bkrantz @ Sep 16 2021, 08:10 PM)
The plunger could be for an alarm. Any signs of one?
Yes, they must have had an alarm on the car at one time because the old-school keyed switch is next to the rear passenger wheel well.
QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Sep 17 2021, 06:06 AM)
I would have put one on the underside of the front trunk lid, just behind the latch.
Now I am thinking about doing that, just so I can see in there at night. Make it a switch that turns on when it is tilted, and put in a sensor so it detects if it is daylight.
Good idea, but you can just buy a stick-on one with a switch at Amazon cheap.
One of these in the glovebox is easier and cheaper. Works swell when the bulb in the rear trunk burns out.
QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Sep 17 2021, 08:06 AM)
I would have put one on the underside of the front trunk lid, just behind the latch.
Now I am thinking about doing that, just so I can see in there at night. Make it a switch that turns on when it is tilted, and put in a sensor so it detects if it is daylight.
The 924/944 has a tilt-activated underhood light which is powered when the lights are on and the hood is up. There’s a glass bulb with a liquid (mercury??) which makes the connection- much like old-timey house thermostats. Could be made to work on our cars. Hmmmm.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-924...tch-wiring.html
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QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Sep 17 2021, 08:06 AM)
I would have put one on the underside of the front trunk lid, just behind the latch.
Now I am thinking about doing that, just so I can see in there at night. Make it a switch that turns on when it is tilted, and put in a sensor so it detects if it is daylight.
The 924/944 has a tilt-activated underhood light which is powered when the lights are on and the hood is up. There’s a glass bulb with a liquid (mercury??) which makes the connection- much like old-timey house thermostats. Could be made to work on our cars. Hmmmm.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-924...tch-wiring.html
IIRC, older Volvo 240s (early 1980s?) had a similar under hood light with a tilt/angle mercury switch. It also had a manual off switch just in case. Let me do some checking and I can find out how it was wired (key position, fuses, etc). I wouldn’t think I would have to have the lights on for a trunk/frunk light to work.
As promised, a couple of figures from the Volvo technical manual showing how hood and trunk lights were wired on 1985 2-series cars. Wiring was fused but always "hot," even with key out. Both lights used a tilt-type mercury switch as shown in the second drawing.
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