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Mon May 16, 2005 6:48 pm

This last weekend I spent many a long hour hunched over my 69 sedan replacing all the wiring. The problem that I have run across is extra wires from the turn signal, ignition switch bundle. I am hoping that they are extra wires used for a later model bug. I have three wires with no home two gray and one black and grey. None of the wiring diagrams I have show these wires on it.

Anyone have any suggestiions?

Thanks

Mon May 16, 2005 9:27 pm

My replacement switch also had an extra set of wires and contacts for the turn signals. For now they are doing nothing in mine, but I plan to use them to have separate turn signal indicators on my Porsche 914 Tach (instead of the single one for both directions like the stock speedo). Cheers!

Tue May 17, 2005 8:02 am

CPRcubed wrote: I plan to use them to have separate turn signal indicators on my Porsche 914 Tach... You don't need any extra switch wires to do that, but you certainly could route the KBL output from the flasher through them if you wanted to (assuming the pilot lamps have power to their shells like the stock single one does, that'd make them flash in unison with the external lamps). If the pilot lamps have grounded shells, all you'd need would be a couple of small wires from the main LH & RH t'signal switch output wires.

The purpose of those extra wires is for the Euro parking-lamp setup that has an extra position on the headlamp switch (look at a Porsche) that feeds the center wire - you use the t'signal switch to select the parking lights on the "traffic" side when leaving your car parked on an unlit street...draws half the current of normal parking lights so the battery lasts longer. You can wire them in like that, snip them off, or simply leave them unconnected as "installed spares" for the turnsignal system (although lighter gauge, they are adequate to run the t'signals).

Tue May 17, 2005 8:20 am

it suppose to be meant for the parking lights on some cars. country specification. regards, dev