| Author |
Message |
Windisch
Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2014
Posts: 380
Location: Sacramento, CA 95822
|
 Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 4:54 pm Post subject: Unidentified twin wiring bundles aft of relay panel, cut off? |
 |
|
My car was converted from FI to carbs. On the left side of the engine bay, just aft and below the main relay tray, are two large wiring bundles coming out of the driver's left side bodywork. They have both been cut off and capped (insulated) and the bundle outer sheathing was painted the same color as the body paint so I have no idea what the wiring codes are for the wires contained in them. A likely guess would be that they are associated with the heater blower (also missing on my car) and the previous FI equipment connections (now gone).
Anyone know what those two wiring bundles were for? I am trying to find the green wire with black stripe that will connects to my 'taco-plate' oil sensor and the oil temp gauge on my center console, but have thus far not found one even close to it in either color or description. Sure would like to find that bloody "green-with-black-stripe" wire so I can get my oil temp gauge hooked up and not have to run a new wire to the cockpit for that purpose!
_________________
1973 Standard Beetle, 1974 VW/Porsche 914-4, 1.8 liter
----------------------
Der Volkswagen ist ein Ausdruck der deutschen Kultur der Allrad Art ...
[The only irrefutable evidence we have that intelligent life truly exists elsewhere in the Universe is the fact that so far it has NOT contacted humanity...] |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
[email protected]
Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2016
Posts: 286
Location: atlanta ga
|
| Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: Unidentified twin wiring bundles aft of relay panel, cut off? |
|
|
| those are the lines for the expansion tank to vacuum the fumes, one connected to a blow source on the impeller the other one into the air cleaner, they are NOT wire bundles!!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Windisch
Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2014
Posts: 380
Location: Sacramento, CA 95822
|
| Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Unidentified twin wiring bundles aft of relay panel, cut off? |
|
|
| [email protected] wrote: |
| those are the lines for the expansion tank to vacuum the fumes, one connected to a blow source on the impeller the other one into the air cleaner, they are NOT wire bundles!!! |
Thanks for that sus, George! What a relief to know they aren't wire bundles! I couldn't imagine for the life of me why anyone would cut off what I thought were two main branches of the wire harness! 
It's too bad that when people muck about with a car's stock/OEM layout that they don't leave at least a note in a maintenance log (or a label on the 'altered' part) to let subsequent owners know what the %$#&^%*! they've done! Whenever I buy a car from someone who has been so thoughtful as to do this (or act responsibly as a temporary 'custodian' for the vehicle), the seller's points expand exponentially in my book.
I always do this with my own cars and often leave hand-drawn schema and/or diagrams illustrating the changes in the detailed dossiers that accompany my cars to a new home. As many have previously noted, when we "acquire" a car we're not as much "owners" as custodians who care for the car until a new "owner" steps up to the plate...
Owning a historically significant car is properly as much an enjoyable and profitable learning experience as simply having a 'good drive' available when the mood hits (IMO). [Which is one reason why your advice and 914-wisdom are such a boon to 914 owners! Thanks again.]
_________________
1973 Standard Beetle, 1974 VW/Porsche 914-4, 1.8 liter
----------------------
Der Volkswagen ist ein Ausdruck der deutschen Kultur der Allrad Art ...
[The only irrefutable evidence we have that intelligent life truly exists elsewhere in the Universe is the fact that so far it has NOT contacted humanity...] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
